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[Don]

I read this morning that John Deere is going after some eastern European 
hackers who are distributing hacked software to allow users to fix their 
own tractors.   The article indicated that if someone other than the 
dealer were to replace say a transmission it is necessary to call out a 
John Deere tech for several hundred dollars to spend a couple of minutes 
with a computer to make things work.  Many companies such as John Deere 
and GM are hiding under the DCMA to prevent users from repairing their 
own equipment.

John Deere and many others are fighting "Right to Repair" laws all over 
the country.  These laws would require manufacturers such as John Deere, 
Sony, Apple to provide tools, parts, and documentation to allow people 
to repair their own equipment.


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Don Bowen       --AD0NB--