Re: protect your system from altered or "patched" MI programs...

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hall, Philip wrote:

>>Why unethical? And what grounds for suit? Code breaks
>>often happen after PTFs. (Review the history of v4r3 DB group PTFs.)
>>
>
>Clearly, and if you've followed any of the posts on Fast400 it would be
>difficult to deny it, they are specifically targeting Fast400 with this PTF
>to break it.
>
>Using the car analogy people seem to like to use, how different is this than
>taking your car (which you've changed the EMS to get more power) for its
>regular service, the manufacturer thinks, I don't like this EMS system, I
>know what I'll do - I'll close the gaps on all the spark plugs so this EMS
>doesn't work so well...
>
>Is that ethical, is it legal, could you sue ?
>
Faulty analogy. In your car analogy, the car would have to be sold with
the agreement that it not be (for instance) driven at greater than 55
mph and the EMS you've changed is running the car at a higher speed.
Then, the car manufacturer (who sells the same car at a higher price
with a license to go the higher speed) is trying to defeat your attempt
to circumvent your license with them.

In which case, you should actually be asking the "ethical, legal, could
you sue" question of both sides, since the buyer did make the purchase
agreeing to the license.

Do ethics only apply to the vendor?


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