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> initiate a long contracting process to hire a civilian technician It isn't clear that this is about what we call "right to repair" on HN. (Essentially, no DR
by fn-mote 1y ago
> initiate a long contracting process to hire a civilian technician
It isn't clear that this is about what we call "right to repair" on HN. (Essentially, no DRM on physical parts.)
Maybe it really is if I read the bill, but reading the article did not clarify that for me.
- pavon 1y agoYeah, and frankly a lot of it is the military's fault for outsourcing too much service and repair to contractors to begin with. If you look at the proposed law, all it is doing is requiring the military to write contracts in a manner that they should have been doing all along. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2209/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/220...
- TimorousBestie 1y agoBlaming the military for the state of federal contracting reverses the cart and the horse. Congress has a heavy hand in dictating how military appropriations operate; likewise, the large prime contractors have no difficulty lining Congress’ pockets (legally, of course—campaign and PAC contributions are basically fungible for cash from a congresscritter’s perspective.)