Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoCalifornia just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printerswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printerswww.theregister.comPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square170fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGodort@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 days agoHow would this even be enforced? Like, it seems like it would be a trivial process to just install a firmware package without the blocks.
minus-squaresharkteethsandwich@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 days agoIt’s probably just an extra charge they can throw at you if your house ever gets searched. Fuck hobby enthusiasts I guess
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoNot true (yet). Could be later, but for now, there’s no crime for circumvention.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 days agoIt can’t. They want to destroy 3D printers and Free Software in general entirely.
minus-squareBahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoFrom Lewis Rossmans bit on this from this morning, an internet connection and third party AI scanning tools. So its a whole bucket of “fuck that noise”.
minus-square0xDREADBEEF@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoit’s enforced by stopping most people from trying to get into making 3d printer software. Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoDigital signatures and closed firmware.
How would this even be enforced?
Like, it seems like it would be a trivial process to just install a firmware package without the blocks.
It’s probably just an extra charge they can throw at you if your house ever gets searched. Fuck hobby enthusiasts I guess
And small businesses.
Not true (yet). Could be later, but for now, there’s no crime for circumvention.
It can’t. They want to destroy 3D printers and Free Software in general entirely.
From Lewis Rossmans bit on this from this morning, an internet connection and third party AI scanning tools.
So its a whole bucket of “fuck that noise”.
it’s enforced by stopping most people from trying to get into making 3d printer software. Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers
Don’t give them ideas
Digital signatures and closed firmware.