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1. Tinker ☀️ (tinker@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 11:25:08 EDT Tinker ☀️

   This is why I only use & support Free & Open Source Software in my personal life. This man is going to prison. Prison.

   "A California man who built a sizable business out of recycling electronic waste is headed to federal prison for 15 months after a federal appeals court in Miami rejected his claim that the “restore disks” he made to extend the lives of computers had no financial value, instead ruling that he had infringed Microsoft’s products to the tune of $700,000."

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/?noredirect=on

   1. Mister M. T. Sack (thatbrickster@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 11:32:12 EDT Mister M. T. Sack

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      @tinker I remember when he originally got incarcerated. Poor guy.
   2. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 11:37:22 EDT mangeurdenuage

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      Proprietary software strikes again.
      People shouldn’t go in jail because of this. https://loadaverage.org/attachment/4105746
   3. Sean R. Lynch ☑️ (seanl@social.literati.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 12:02:19 EDT Sean R. Lynch ☑️

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      @tinker "The appeals court upheld a federal district judge’s ruling that the disks made by Eric Lundgren to restore Microsoft operating systems had a value of $25 apiece, even though they could be downloaded free and could be used only on computers with a valid Microsoft license."

      I'm not sure using open source is enough. One needs to be actively seeking to destroy any system where such an outcome is even conceivable.

   4. Tinker ☀️ (tinker@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 11:28:15 EDT Tinker ☀️

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      Seriously. Fuck Microsoft. Fuck the justice system that allowed this.

      The man was actually (and hopefully will continue) making a difference as it relates to ewaste, built-in obsolescence, et al.

      #Ewaste #FOSS #Lundgren

      1. Super Genius Stuff (mdm@mcnamarii.town)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Apr-2018 14:00:36 EDT Super Genius Stuff

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         @tinker Wow. I read that article, and I'm still kinda confused. So, as I understand it, this man was selling people a way to restore Windows on a computer, if they already had a license, right? He wasn't selling licenses at all?

         Yeah, given the trouble I've had trying to restore Windows OEM licenses in the past when I've done reinstalls, I can see why they went after him. Microsoft probably makes good money each year selling new Windows licenses to people who (probably) don't need them.