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Sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
by netr0ute 5y ago
Sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
- penagwin 5y agoSomething tells me you might have a difficult time convincing say Qualcomm with just that reasoning.
- netr0ute 5y agoYou could conceivably reverse-engineer the hardware if you got the support of places like MIT, and then it's fair game from there.
- trothamel 5y agoAsking might come with a large fine if 911 service is interrupted.
- netr0ute 5y agoA fine might actually be lower cost than losing freedom to binary blobs, so there's that.
- oneplane 5y agoBut most of the time Quallcomm, Broadcom and the others have an army of lawyers and an absurd amount of money to burn to ensure that your project, life and general existence is ruined, just to protect their bottom line.