Comment on Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration
nbafantest@lemmy.world 9 months ago
github.com/Andre0512/hon/issues/147#issuecomment-…
Looks like the owner isnt taking it down and will force them to take it down.
I’m curious what the legal reason is for this. They arent actually using any illegal IP right?
stoly@lemmy.world 9 months ago
APIs are, by nature, open. Anyone can use them. The business bros don’t like this fact and are using lawyers to express their distaste for people using their product as intended.