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>You have the right to not provide custom software and firmware and technical documentation,

Just like all food sellers have the right not to provide documentation on the ingredients and nutrition of their products?



Correct. I buy food from vendors on the beach in foreign countries - it has no documentation. It’s a consensual transaction I choose to engage in.


In the context of this discussion, who cares what's possible in foreign countries?


> Just like all food sellers have the right not to provide documentation on the ingredients and nutrition of their products?

I agree that they should have this right. My personal anecdote explains that the citizens of other countries do have this right without the world falling apart.


>in foreign countries

It may surprise you to learn that this is not within the purview of Montana state law.


> Just like all food sellers have the right not to provide documentation on the ingredients and nutrition of their products?

I agree that they should have this right. My personal anecdote explains that the citizens of other countries do have this right without the world falling apart.




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