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Sailfish OS showed me what Linux phones could actually be, and we need more of it (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

US trade deal enforced global DMCA laws make reverse engineering legally tricky

I love when the law concern itself with keeping the cat in the bag. The small anarchist in me wants to know what happens if someone reverse engineers something protected under DCMA, releases it, doesn’t claim credit. Now the software exists, so what does Uncle Sam do?

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    keeping the cat in the bag

    Just the neoliberal instinct to promote monopoly.

    what does Uncle Sam do?

    If you have adequate opsec, nothing ;}. At the moment, them pursuing it might provoke other governments to dump those laws, after all the deal was for tariff free trade, turn around is fair play. But manufacturers won't want to take the legal risk until it shakes out.

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