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>>linker+(OP)
I’m really worried this will become common practice. We MUST fight against this otherwise they will take away open source from us. Making an integration to work with devices you own is NOT ILLEGAL. I’m happy to contribute to a qualified and trustworthy gofundme to protect devs. I myself have a few integrations I made and would refuse to take them down. Granted, I intentionally don’t use any “cloud” api garbage.

>>asylte+ma3
Everyone working this space should include the following in their headers:

  * A declaration that no content copyrighted by the hardware vendor is in the codebase

  * The code cannot be classified as a DMCA circumvention device as it does not provide
    access to copyrighted works

  * An assertion that the RE activities are protected under US fair use doctrine for the
    purposes of hardware interoperability (even if not a US citizen)

  * Any potential trade secrets were discovered independently through the RE process

This will deflate their legal team's attempts to exploit common ignorance when the code is admitted as evidence.