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Just Saying That "Rockboxing" is 100% Legal.

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Vermillion:
Hi guys.

I was reading the FAQ and it said the devs of this project BELIEVE they are in the green side.

Well I would like say they are indeed in the green side doing nothing illegal, as Jailbreaking an iTouch is officially legal in the US. Pretty sure that act includes Rockboxing.

Just saying so the FAQ may get updated and more people do this, because this kind of stuff is really fun!

[Saint]:
I think you're being far too general here, to be honest.

While you're correct in that Rockbox believes that they are doing nothing wrong, several manufacturers in fact do feel that flashing/installing/whatever a custom operating system in whole or in part, or editing of the original operating system in whole or in part is in fact quite wrong and explicitly forbidden in the warranty.

And, while this is not "illegal", some device manufacturers would probably rather it didn't happen, and have been known to reject warranty claims on devices with user modified firmware.

You are also talking about a device that Rockbox doesn't support, in just one country in the world too...so the conversations about legality are really quite speculative.



[St.]

Yotto:
I did not know that it was in doubt.

Heaven forbid I do what I want with an object I purchased. :)

AlexP:

--- Quote from: Vermillion on January 03, 2011, 04:10:32 AM ---Hi guys.

I was reading the FAQ and it said the devs of this project BELIEVE they are in the green side.

Well I would like say they are indeed in the green side doing nothing illegal, as Jailbreaking an iTouch is officially legal in the US. Pretty sure that act includes Rockboxing.

Just saying so the FAQ may get updated and more people do this, because this kind of stuff is really fun!

--- End quote ---

Rockbox servers etc. are in Sweden, developers are all over the world.

Anyway, this was already perfectly legal in most countries, it seems the US is sort of catching up.  However, we are not lawyers and in many/most/all countries none of this has been tested, so we aren't in a position to give legal advice.

[St.] is also quite right in what he says about warranties, which are of course different to legality.

GodEater:

--- Quote from: AlexP on January 03, 2011, 02:17:31 PM ---
Rockbox servers etc. are in Sweden, developers are all over the world.


--- End quote ---

*Some* servers are in Sweden. ;)

Mirrors are available globally, and depending on whether or not you count build clients as servers, then they are too!

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