Originally Posted by
wolfstalker
An Aside: I would think a strong case could be made that I, as the owner of my Crossfire, which I bought from Chrysler, own the code, at least equally. It's my car, I paid for it, I deserve to own = at least co-equally - the codes required to operate it. Probably I should be, at least, guaranteed access to the MB hardware and software to help you guys, so I'm trying to do what I can with re as well, but you can see where all this goes ... legal fees. Sorry, I can't put up the dough for a law suit, but I'll do what I can with what I have. This has already taken a helluva lot of time.
I work for JVCKenwood - we keep such information from even most employees. I think this falls under intellectual property rights laws, you actually purchase the right to use the code insofar as it keeps the product running,
but not ACCESS to such code.
I think a patent or intellectual property rights lawyer could explain just what the law is, and how close to the truth my text above gets. Remember, your "ownership" of even real estate is tenuous at best, failure to pay taxes and eminent domain mean you can be booted from your property when the law says you can be booted. We, as individuals, own very little anymore.