Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement
John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement
The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.
The Drive@kottke only 10 years, not perpetually!
@kkarhan @kottke also no ruling, just a settlement.
@claudius @kottke yeah, that is the problem…
@kkarhan @claudius @kottke hopefully the legal precedent this sets is still valuable.