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> I do not want a company telling me how to use my product that I paid for. I'm not defending Tesla here, I just want to draw an analogy. You can't go a store,
by lanna 10y ago
> I do not want a company telling me how to use my product that I paid for.
I'm not defending Tesla here, I just want to draw an analogy. You can't go a store, buy a DVD for $15 and then charge tickets to project to an audience. You need a different, more expensive license for that. The same applies to music and software, even if it is embedded firmware in a car.
- ddalex 10y ago> You can't go a store, buy a DVD for $15 and then charge tickets to project to an audience. Maybe this model is actually bad because it circumvents the first sale doctrine, and we need to make this kind of restriction one illegal (haha, in my dreams).
- lanna 10y agoI'm not defending the model, I'm just saying how it is now.
- EdHominem 10y agoA few court vaugely related court-cases don't make a widespread and reliable principle. If there was such a doctrine it would depend on the presentation of the product, the importance of the software to the product, and the viability of the product if separated into parts. Further, such a doctrine would allow you to buy the Tesla and remove the software they didn't want to license to you. So no, that isn't how it is - that's how they want you to think it works so you don't even bother trying. Go ask a lawyer for a clear-cut answer on anything.
- svens_ 10y agoIn the same vein, Tesla offers unlimited free supercharging for its vehicles. This is a generous offer, that only works under the assumption that people use it responsibly. It would be quite unfair if someone ran his commercial fleet with it. Of course this is easy to fix, but it would still result in either forbidding commercial use (without license) or metered supercharging.