> >What would you folks think of someone 'repurposing'
> > one of your products
> >(assuming no copying of your code ... just  reverse
> >engineering of the hardware) ?
>
> Not happy - see above. Also, my hardware would
> be designed to be used for a particular purpose
> under particular parameters.  If you modify the
> software you could cause the hardware to fail
> and cause damage to itself, anything connected
> to it, etc.  Certainly, the hardware design may not
> be appropriate for the environment you
> "repurposed" it for.
>
>
> Ken

While I completely agree with your point about the liability (I wouldn't
touch this whole thing with a ten foot pole :-) I suspect you may be wrong
about the legality of repurposing the hardware. If memory serves this was
one of the eventual failings of Digital Convergence with the whole CueCat
debacle. People were repurposing their hardware, and they were unable to
stop it.

-Denny

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