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Update. #Colorado governor signs tractor #RightToRepair law opposed by John #Deere.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/colorado-governor-signs-tractor-right-to-repair-law-opposed-by-john-deere/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/colorado-governor-signs-tractor-right-to-repair-law-opposed-by-john-deere/
Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law opposed by John Deere
Manufacturers must provide repair parts, embedded software, and documentation.Ars Technica
Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/
"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."
#OpenSource
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/
"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."
#OpenSource
John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next
I grew up on a farm. My parents worked hard to grow crops and manage the farm business. My parents also found additional jobs to make ends meet. As farmers have done for millennia, my family used tools to farm.Software Freedom Conservancy
Update. In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power.
https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372
"Under the agreement, John #Deere promises to give farmers and independent repair shops access to manuals, diagnostics and parts. But there’s a catch – the agreement isn’t legally binding, and, as part of the deal, the influential #FarmBureau promised not to support any federal or state #RightToRepair legislation."
#patents
https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372
"Under the agreement, John #Deere promises to give farmers and independent repair shops access to manuals, diagnostics and parts. But there’s a catch – the agreement isn’t legally binding, and, as part of the deal, the influential #FarmBureau promised not to support any federal or state #RightToRepair legislation."
#patents
In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power
Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds, as well as their farm equipment when it breaks down.The Conversation
Update. Excellent background from @doctorow.
https://doctorow.medium.com/john-deeres-repair-fake-out-79da4978f4c1
"#Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs — even when the farmer does the repair. That’s possible thx to a practice called VIN locking, in which engine parts come w #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing them until they pay hundreds of dollars for a John Deere technician to come to their farm & type an unlock code into the tractor’s console."
Plus: The win is not as good as it looks.
https://doctorow.medium.com/john-deeres-repair-fake-out-79da4978f4c1
"#Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs — even when the farmer does the repair. That’s possible thx to a practice called VIN locking, in which engine parts come w #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing them until they pay hundreds of dollars for a John Deere technician to come to their farm & type an unlock code into the tractor’s console."
Plus: The win is not as good as it looks.