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E-recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives
- duskwuff 8y ago> E-recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives No, he's going to prison for counterfeiting software -- to the extent of having overseas manufacturers print custom CDs with fake Microsoft holograms on them. More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16946478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16946478
- jjeaff 8y agoYou're right. But you should also note that the software he counterfeited was free software.