Yes, I agree with all that. But we accept that reverse engineering is often a correct, honest, morally legit thing to do. But tape on a padlock made of paper onto the thing and suddenly you are criminally liable for repairing your tractor.

▲

cowlevel a day ago | parent [-]

It's morally correct to go back in time and kill baby Hitler, but you'd still be charged with murder.

	▲	actionfromafar 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't know what to make of this. To onlookers it would be a baffling and cruel action. (Also some would say, it would not be morally correct, because the baby didn't do anything wrong.) But repairing ones' tractor should hardly elicit such reactions.