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> The logical conclusion then is that the only device that should be allowed to be manufactured is a personal computer. I would be comfortable with a high qual
by jlokier 6y ago
> The logical conclusion then is that the only device that should be allowed to be manufactured is a personal computer.
I would be comfortable with a high quality legal encoding of the Your Device principle:
"To the extent a device, or part of a device, behaves like a general purpose computer or could easily and reasonably be made to behave that way if not for artificial restrictions placed upon it by a vendor, the effective owner(s) of the device or part shall have the right to use and control the general purpose computer aspects as they deem appropriate."
"Effective owner means those using the device as if they own it, so where a device is technically rented or licensed from a vendor, the renter or licensee is deemed the effective owner for application of this principle".
Details of what that means in practice for non-obvious edge cases would be fleshed out by precedent and the courts I guess.
It would not limit what devices can be manufactured, but it would place a requirement of access and control on some kinds of devices.