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aspectminyesterday at 9:11 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not only do we need right to repair legislation across North America (and the world), but we also need right to continue using - as in - they fold, the code (e.g. licensing server) becomes open source, or something similar, so people can continue to use these products.


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ronsoryesterday at 9:15 PM

If we removed DMCA section 1201 and the "anti-circumvention" nonsense, this would be a non-issue: people would legally reverse engineer the licensing system.

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snowpidyesterday at 9:42 PM

is there a common legislation in Mexico, USA and Canada that "North America" is mentioned ?