I'd be infuriated if I bought that kind of machinery ($$$) and it was software killable. It's absurb people are defending this behaviour. The article mention's

I'd be infuriated if I bought that kind of machinery ($$$) and it was software killable. It's absurb people are defending this behaviour. The article mention's it's an end run around laws, so they can put whatever nonsense is allowed in a software license. If what I hear about the US south and their propensity for guns is true, they must be pissing off a lot of people I personally wouldn't mess with. Just waiting for a farmer to lose his rag when he can't fix a simple thing on a million dollar chunk of hardware.