Content by Roger001 in September, 2025

However, it is not the copyright holder making the case, but rather a buyer of a car that contains software that does not meet the licence terms set by the copyright holder.

The issue is going to come down to whether the German legal system allows someone to claim that a copyright infringement makes a product legally defective. As that could only happen if the copyright holder themselves were to win a court case with the company that was infringing their copyright.

No, LFP are just even worse/better. It all depends on what you are comparing against. Neither NMC nor LFP batteries allow you to get a full sense of their charge state, compared to say a lead-acid battery cell. An average NMC battery cells' voltage while being charged may vary from around 3.55V...

NMC batteries have a very flat voltage curve for most of their % charge level. As such it is not possible to fully balance them at 80%, but the process can be started, which seems to be what the MG4 does when connected to an AC charger. The balance process of a BMS to fully balance a battery...

A poison pill license, I've spent many years dealing with developers who include third-party code without considering the issues it causes. At least that one does not set any conditions on the code that it is combined with, unlike GPL.

Rather than copying info around you can see the detail here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go If you insert a USB drive into the infotainment system's USB port, the infotainment system will recognise it as a storage device and scan it for content such as music and videos. On the...

But, the car infotainment system has data storage, and so it is a device that can be connected as storage to any other device that accepts storage.

OTG is just the process where a device, such as the MG's infotainment system, can be connected to a computer via a USB cable and then viewed as disk storage. This then allows files to be directly uploaded or downloaded via the computer's standard applications. You likely use OTG without...

The process was covered a few years ago https://www.mgevs.com/threads/mg4-secret-menu-code-in-video-disclaimer-im-not-responsible-if-you-cause-any-issues.12713/

LOL, It is hard to comment on the law in Germany as it is very different to the system followed in the UK, and so countries that have based their legal systems on the UK. I'm not sure that "legally defective" is a concept in the UK system. Such a concept would allow people to sue over just...

The MOT should only flag it if there is a safety issue. As long as it is secure and there is no risk of something detaching while driving, it should not be an issue.