Similar restrictions exist on forklift firmwares, specially hyster machines that are very electronic controlled 2017-03-30 21:40 GMT-03:00 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz>:

Owners of John Deere tractors are resorting to pirated firmware in order to gain the ability to repair their own property: <https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170322/04582036973/ tractor-owners-using-pirated-firmware-to-dodge-john-deeres- ham-fisted-attempt-to-monopolize-repair.shtml>

Are farmers in NZ impacted by any of this? I see that John Deere tractors are indeed sold here. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug