hon/takedown_timeline.md at v0.14.0-beta.3

Timeline of events

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
People started to fork, copying the code to other hosting platforms and save it offline
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 to Haier on all available channels (X, mails, support form, reviews, ...)
u/Waluicel created a post on r/homeassistant that got 400+ comments
People started to contact journalists and organizations to help
Had a call with an IT lawyer who pointed out many of the risks I was exposing myself to despite having insurance

hon | 111 Stars | 73 Forks
pyhOn | 20 Stars | 42 Forks

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
Wrote Haier another mail and tried to get some clarification and reach some agreement
l00ps pointed out who's the opponent (Haier CEO has a crazy history xD)
Forms like Reddit, Hacker News, HA Community, linux.org.ru, Hubitat, femboys started to discuss the topic

hon | 321 Stars | 711 Forks
pyhOn | 121 Stars | 552 Forks

Tech sites in many countries started to report about it eg Hackaday, Tweakers, ilSoftware, ipFail, Scurt Pe Doi, iGeneration, Smarthome Assistent 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 talked 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.

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.

hon | 779 Stars | 1948 Forks
pyhOn | 315 Stars | 1477 Forks

Hackaday, Caschys Blog and Tweakers posted a follow up article about Haier eases off on legal threat and seeking a dialogue
The Register and heise online reported about the story
Everything Smart Home and Un loco y su tecnología uploaded good summaries on YouTube
Hackaday discussed the topic in their podcast

hon | 1038 Stars | 2436 Forks
pyhOn | 409 Stars | 1790 Forks

Call with Haier and Paulus Schoutsen (Founder of Home Assistant) to discuss things with the result to work together
Released v0.12.0 with 60 seconds polling
Haier replies to the complaint email of AtomicFS and others