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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hope they open source the tech or pirates get a hold of it.

[–] [email protected] 125 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much a good argument for forcing companies to open source any tech like this once it loses support.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the piece of legislation I truly wish to see. It either forces longer support periods or opening up the code. So win win.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those details need to be held by a 3rd party though, because if the company goes under, then the code and any critical information may become lost. Executives, employees, and other people might be fired or jump ship prior to any trigger points, so there could be no one that can be held accountable.

The FDA should hold everything necessary in escrow in perpetuity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

They need to be forced to supply them to each and every customer along with the product itself.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like FDA approval requires holding all details of the technology, including all source code, in escrow.

If the company ever stops supporting the product, for any reason at all, all of the details become public property.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Why wait for the company to go under? FDA approval should mandate that the full spec and source code be open source and open to review by anyone, but especially the people in which those things are implanted and all of their medical practitioners. Medicine (and any publicly supported science in general) should never be closed off from public scrutiny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The FSF has been making this call since a long time.