Sony's War on Makers, Hackers, and Innovators (Make)

Make has put together a lengthy summary of Sony's actions against those who would do interesting things with its hardware. It ends with a plea to the company to adopt a friendlier attitude toward its customers. "One of the worst things a company can do is upset people whose hobby is installing Linux on things. Sony's removal of this feature brought dozens of teams around the world together, and we were all re-introduced to 'GeoHot' (George Hotz). GeoHot was best known for jailbreaking the iPhone, allowing owners to use different carriers as well as put their own software on their own devices. Jailbreaking of phones is perfectly legal in the U.S. now, and we're guessing it will eventually be fine for other devices too."

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