hon | 98 Stars | 23 Forks
pyhOn | 17 Stars | 5 Forks
- Haier wrote the takedown mail
- Replied that I take it down in the next days
- Updated the README of Andre0512/pyhOn and Andre0512/hon
- Created a new release with takedown info, so people know why it was removed
- Posted the info to the community board
- Talked to some friends that convinced me to not give up
- Asked on the home assistant discord to how to handle this, got the info on discord that my integration does not violate the law
- Extreme79 created an the issue #147 to disscuss how to help
- Talked to my law insurance and after a talk with a general lawyer I have been given permission to consult a lawyer of my choice
hon | 100 Stars | 32 Forks
pyhOn | 18 Stars | 13 Forks
- People in #147 started to write their opinion on all available channels
- u/Waluicel created a post on r/homeassistant that got 400+ comments
- People started to contact journalists and organizations to help
- I had a call with an IT lawyer who pointed out many of the risks I was exposing myself to despite having insurance
hon | 122 Stars | 103 Forks
pyhOn | 23 Stars | 64 Forks
- Louis Rossmann created a video and calls for "not" forking
- Forks and stars of the repos started to blow up
- BleepingComputer published an article about the topic
- Home Assistant team got in touch with me
- I wrote Haier another mail and tried to get some clarification and reach some agreement
- l00ps pointed out who's the opponent
hon | 321 Stars | 711 Forks
pyhOn | 121 Stars | 552 Forks
- Tech sites in many countries start to report about it eg Hackaday, Tweakers, ilSoftware and Caschys Blog
- The Wikipedia articles of Haier and List of Streisand effect examples gets updated
- LauLaman started a petition in the Netherlands to force manufactories to provide local APIs and forcing them to opensource firmware as soon as they stop supporting devices
- Linus Tech Tips talks about it in his WAN Show
- Haier US answered on X that they have nothing to do with it and support open IOT platforms
- Haier Europe created a blog post and said they are committed to enhancing the smart home scenarios in line with authorized usages and intellectual property rights of Haier Europe.
- Mark Atwood, Principal Engineer in the Open Source Program Office at Amazon offers free consultant
hon | 562 Stars | 1555 Forks
pyhOn | 228 Stars | 1199 Forks
- Got an answer from Head of Brand & IOT Haier Europe, he proposed scheduling a call involving our IOT Technology department to address the issue comprehensively and respond to any questions both parties may have.
