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jmoe · 3210 days ago · link · · parent · post: Because computer code snakes through the DNA of modern tractors, farmers receive “an implied license for the life of the vehicle to operate the vehicle.”
This is similar to the keurig DRM debacle. It's the worst of software law coming to the physical world. I never really got Richard Stallman's crusade until I started thinking about how outrageous the same legal framework would be when applied to physical goods.