▲ 738 ▼ Mazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API tool (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
[+] aniki@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (15 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) Lol no it wouldn't. The guy doesn't want to commit resources to fight this, since it's a hobby project and this sucked away his motivation to continue. Unless y'all give him enough money to mount a legal defense, no amount of fancy tech will help. While not exactly this situation, it has similar vibes to this: https://xkcd.com/538/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh god. Federation is going to become the next blockchain thing that people have no idea what it does but insist it'll fix everything, isnt it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) it already is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Except the use case it was designed for is actually used... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think he only means in a literal sense. If the thing is copied a ton of times to several repositories, it becomes harder to expunge it entirely. Legal battles notwithstanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Isn't Git kind of naturally federated in a broad sense, just by the way it works? As long as someone has the source code they can always create another Git repo and share it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh okay, how cool. You have piqued my interest, I will check out Gitea for now for sure. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Kids these days... Linus Torvalds rather famously managed Linux patches for decades without a centralized server. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email permalink fedilink source parent [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Only if anonymous. Eventually they’d get a court to order their domain be cancelled and they’d be offline anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Whack a mole I guess. Are we back to playing with Napster? permalink fedilink source parent [–] bemenaker@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Absolutely false. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) Lol no it wouldn't. The guy doesn't want to commit resources to fight this, since it's a hobby project and this sucked away his motivation to continue. Unless y'all give him enough money to mount a legal defense, no amount of fancy tech will help. While not exactly this situation, it has similar vibes to this: https://xkcd.com/538/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh god. Federation is going to become the next blockchain thing that people have no idea what it does but insist it'll fix everything, isnt it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) it already is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Except the use case it was designed for is actually used... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think he only means in a literal sense. If the thing is copied a ton of times to several repositories, it becomes harder to expunge it entirely. Legal battles notwithstanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh god. Federation is going to become the next blockchain thing that people have no idea what it does but insist it'll fix everything, isnt it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) it already is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Except the use case it was designed for is actually used... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) it already is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Except the use case it was designed for is actually used... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Except the use case it was designed for is actually used... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think he only means in a literal sense. If the thing is copied a ton of times to several repositories, it becomes harder to expunge it entirely. Legal battles notwithstanding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Isn't Git kind of naturally federated in a broad sense, just by the way it works? As long as someone has the source code they can always create another Git repo and share it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh okay, how cool. You have piqued my interest, I will check out Gitea for now for sure. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Kids these days... Linus Torvalds rather famously managed Linux patches for decades without a centralized server. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh okay, how cool. You have piqued my interest, I will check out Gitea for now for sure. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Kids these days... Linus Torvalds rather famously managed Linux patches for decades without a centralized server. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh okay, how cool. You have piqued my interest, I will check out Gitea for now for sure. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Kids these days... Linus Torvalds rather famously managed Linux patches for decades without a centralized server. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Only if anonymous. Eventually they’d get a court to order their domain be cancelled and they’d be offline anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Whack a mole I guess. Are we back to playing with Napster? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Whack a mole I guess. Are we back to playing with Napster? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Whack a mole I guess. Are we back to playing with Napster? permalink fedilink source parent