Peter Todd wrote:
> He has a peice of hardware, that allows the customer to accidentally
> destroy it through a series of commands that really shouldn't be able
> to do that.

But that doesn't give him the right to steal.  A better course of action
would be to demand a refund for returning the product, although Olimex isn't
obligated to to do that either unless it was specified in the purchase
agreement or perhaps by consumer product laws in Outer Vulgaria or wherever
Olimex is.

> He wants to fix that peice of hardware, himself, by rewriting the
> flash chip that allowed itself to be rewritten with no option of
> going back.

But wanting to do something doesn't make it legal or right.

If he really wants to solve this problem, he needs to convince Olimex it's
in their best interest to fix it for him.  They've obviously decided that
giving out the binary publicly isn't worth it.  If in the end he can't get
satisfaction then the best he can do is chalk it up to a learning experience
and warn others away from the manufacturer and its product.


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