On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 06:25:59AM +0530, Ramanraj K wrote:
Vivek Vaghese Cherian wrote:
I do agree that helping the community by writing driver code is indeed the proactive way of handling this issue.
If you have purchased any such hardware that did not disclose sufficient information about its registers that force you to waste time on "reverse engineering", please think of asking them to disclose details or even think of complaining to the appropriate authorities against this unethical practice in exercise of your rights as a consumer. Many consumers are lame in exercising their rights, and there is little point in blaming developers for not supporting them.
1) What are the existing laws in India that support the customer against unethical pratices like not disclosing sufficient information about hardware registers that force one to waste time on "reverse engineering" ?
Any URL containing the relevant laws would be of additional help.
2) What is the name of the appropriate authority to complain to against the unethical practice of not disclosing sufficient information about hardware registers that force one to waste time on "reverse engineering" ?
I feel this info would be vital not only for me but also to countless other victims of hardware vendors not disclosing sufficient information about their hardware.
Regards,
Vivek Varghese Cherian Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>