How much can we hack here at the EEVBlog? Is there a limit? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Zucca
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 26, 2015, 03:02:43 pm
content: Gentleman,I really enjoy this forums (almost addicted now). That said, I really love when I discover here at the EEVBlog how you can sometime take a stock products and improve the performances with some wise mods. There are guys here which are incredibly talented and God bless them all for all their work and nice post/descriptions.I need now help to understand what are the criteria to post something here at the EEVblog or not.Just to get straight to the point here some theoretical examples (not based on a true story, sadly):1) Today I discovered that by changing a resistor R150 on the Zucca's Scope I double up the bandwidth, can I post my findings here or should I double check with the admins?2) My Italians friends found the complete schematics (of course not released) of a nice scope, am I allowed to post it here or I am screwing up something?If you ask me I would say no problem for both points (just because I want to help the EEVblog members as they did with me in the past), but I don´t want i.e. to create problems i.e. to Dave Jones Corporations.Thanks for your support and for cleaning up the air.Zucca

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2015, 03:21:43 pm
content: Answer herehttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it%27s_better_to_ask_forgiveness_than_permission;-)

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2015, 07:32:39 pm
content: Read this topic I started 2+ years ago:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/stealing-the-double-standard/

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2015, 08:04:20 pm
content: There is an interesting ongoing item on HackAday: "Fixing your tractor could land you behind bars."http://hackaday.com/2015/05/12/ask-hackaday-fixing-your-tractor-could-land-you-behind-bars/QuoteBut then virtually everything you buy with either embedded software/firmware, or explicit layered apps has the "we own this software and you don't" clause in it. Including oscilloscopes, etc.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2015, 08:21:31 pm
content: Quote from: Richard Crowley on May 26, 2015, 08:04:20 pmYes, the world does seem to be going in strange direction these days. However the reality of the situation is to follow the money trail. If an individual wants to hack/modify/reverse engineer some device he/she owns there is little likelihood that anything legal will ever be dropped on them. However if someone tries to profit from such hacking/mod/copyright violation then there might be a risk for the OEM not to pursue actions depending on the financial risk to the OEM.

author: TiN
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 04:40:51 am
content: Even if legal action comes, it would be rather difficult to prove you done something wrong as stuff is posted and rehosted widely around the globe, and international law is not so clear. Unless you try sell your findings and get visible profits from it, I think you are ok.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 04:55:42 am
content: The basic rules are not to post copyrighted stuff here. e.g. firmware ROM dumps, encryption keys, encryption cracks etc.Or stuff that would be inherently dangerous. e.g. instructions on how to make bomb.So for your examples:1) This would be fine, it's a hack, you aren't posting copyrighted material2) Would fall under the copyrighted material part. But generally if it's an obsolete product then that's generally fine. Although I would prefer you host it somewhere else and post a link.

author: mdronic
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 05:33:18 am
content: Whoops EEVBLOG I think the auto type produced an unfortunate typo might need changeing

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 06:10:36 am
content: Quote from: mdronic on May 27, 2015, 05:33:18 amI don't see a problem, generous amount of power in a short timespan is equal to dangerous

author: mdronic
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 06:20:23 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 27, 2015, 04:55:42 amInherently dangerous has come out as Inherently generous. I don't think these type of instruction s are Inherently generous. Could be just me.

author: AndreasF
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 06:47:25 am
content: But bombs are inherently generous - with energy!*sorry*

author: Zucca
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 07:54:02 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 27, 2015, 04:55:42 amThat´s all I need, thanks.Quote from: TiN on May 27, 2015, 04:40:51 amThanks for sharing your experience my friend!Now the future looks promising... O0

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 11:21:57 am
content: BTW, the big fear with copyright content is not being sued, it's those pesky DMCA requests. Someone reports one tiny thing on the forum and my entire website gets automatically taken down. They shoot first and ask questions later.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 11:59:17 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 27, 2015, 11:21:57 amYou get that in Australia?I see today eevblog/forum is hosted inCalifornia, for me, but last time I looked it was in the EU somewhere.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 12:46:31 pm
content: Quote from: apelly on May 27, 2015, 11:59:17 amAlways been hosted in the US.

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 01:00:52 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on May 27, 2015, 12:48:11 pmCould be. No Idea. I guess Dave knows though.The more I think about it actually, the EU IP addy wasn't all that recent. Dave switched hosts a while ago for some reason. That's when I noticed it. I never said anything at the time, but I recall a thread where people were seeing hosts in different places. Or maybe I'm just imagining it.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 01:09:06 pm
content: maybe cloudflare

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2015, 04:17:23 pm
content: Quote from: mojo-chan on May 27, 2015, 04:05:43 pmEncryption keys aren't copywriteable, but they can used to make a "circumvention technology" so fall under the DMCA...I only know this because Sony tried to sue me once lol.