[time-nuts] Fwd: FE-5680A Contact FEI

Steve iteration69 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 17 08:57:41 UTC 2012


If the device is reverse engineered and the work made public domain,
the device is likely to increase in value on the used market. I've seen
this before when proprietary products are reversed.
Suddenly they are transformed from black magic, in to something that a
community of people may thoroughly discuss, modify, repair, and
maintain. This makes a hot, usable device, for years to come.

The last big reversing project I worked on dealt in the automotive
sector, I made my work available in a rar'd collection of abstract html
pages and documents within a directory that was easy to save and pass
on. I also encouraged everyone who looked at the document to download it
and pass it along. The system operators of the servers where the files
were originally located were told to remove the documents due to vague
claims of IP violations. The internet archive also removed my work as it
was cited for the same IP violoations. So in addition to increasing the
value of the device, reverse engineering also brings the very reversing
documentation under fire. 

usenet is a good place to distribute such a document, and it's also a
good idea to use several names so that any counter efforts are forced
to find all the derivatives.

Steve


> Or worse, they will start requiring their scrappers to use a drill
> press or punch to render the physics package unusable. I've seen this
> done locally by hard drive manufacturers- hundreds of pounds of
> working HDs destroyed on purpose on a regular basis. If they only
> scrap "killed" units, no one will want to reverse engineer them. 
> 
> 
> -Dave 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike McCauley" <mikem at open.com.au> 
> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
> <time-nuts at febo.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:02:28 PM 
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: FE-5680A Contact FEI 
> 
> Hmmm, 
> 
> Seems they dont realise that their lack of cooperation will lead, not
> to protecting their product, but rather to the massive, public
> reverse engineering of it? 
> 
> 
> On Friday, February 17, 2012 05:43:49 PM Gerald Molenkamp wrote: 
> > I have written to them on several occasions about 56 
> > 
> > Sent via Gerald's iPad 
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message: 
> > > From: Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net> 
> > > Date: 16 February 2012 10:58:10 AEDT 
> > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement 
> > > <time-nuts at febo.com> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Contact
> > > FEI Reply-To: nerd at verizon.net, Discussion of precise time and
> > > frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com> 
> > > 
> > > I haven't personally tried but others have reported they were
> > > somewhat less than cooperative. 
> > > 
> > > Peter 
> > > 
> > > On 2/15/2012 6:23 PM, Bill Riches wrote: 
> > >> Just curious, 
> > >> 
> > >> Has anyone on this list actually contacted FEI and enquired
> > >> about a schematic or other info about our 5680 units? They are
> > >> still being sold by them. 
> > >> 
> > >> 73, 
> > >> 
> > >> Bill Riches, WA2DVU 
> > >> Cape May, NJ 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
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