Medical devices are already supported for a very long time. At least the official ones used in hospitals.
Comment on Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI think medical device manufacturers should have to support their products for some definite length of time—maybe 10 years?—or not be allowed to make devices at all
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Supported? Maybe. Making sure that it works with the latest technology? No.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was thinking about implanted devices, e.g. Second Sight www.bbc.com/news/technology-60416058
Miaou@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
This type of laws already exist in some cases, but realistically no one knows that the company won’t just go bankrupt in 5 years. Open sourcing things is a “reasonable” last resort option, or rather, the only viable one
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I would love to see that codified: you go bankrupt, you go open source!
I’m not holding my breath though. They usually get bought and sold and scrapped for parts along the way