Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Binary Drivers | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:38:20 -0500 |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:57 CST, Scott Preece said: > On 12/21/06, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:
> > How would you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the > > manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own > > oil changes anyway? > --- > > But there is no legal or moral obligation for the carmake to sell you > the service manual for the vehicle or provide you with their periodic > service bulletins...
As a matter of fact, at least in the US, the carmakers *do* have to supply relevant information for emissions-control systems to alll repair shops:
42 U.S.C. § 7521(m)(5)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00007521----000-.html
Efforts to vastly expand that have been surfacing every Congressional session for the last few years. The most recent incarnation:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2048
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