Le 17 Août 2005 09:18, B. Bogart a écrit :
Hey Marc,
you know better than this! I see no different between cutting a trace and soldering in a new wire (HW hacking) compared to changing a few lines of code...
I won't comment all the (very OT) thread I missed today... :-)
My point was that hardware is still designed, marketed, and sold in order to be used unmodified. On the other hand, free software is designed, marketed and used as a work in progress, not as a monolithic product loosing value while being used. Hacking free software is normal and legally protected for this usage. Hacking free software is ecological, but throwing away unmodified hardware because it is "obsolete" (like cell phones) is polluting. Hacking hardware should be a protected right. New laws in Europe are forcing manufacturers to design their products so they can be recycled; extending such laws could force them to let us modify and adapt their products. We want free drivers and free hardware... -- Marc