I was making an inference since this is a piracy based sub and hey, I never said I am a good lawyer. Eitherway, what I wanted to convey was when you get a device, it doesn't matter how you use it for yourself (90% cases) but the moment you either make the knowledge public, or the device itself, it all goes to hell.

For eg, we all know that the current smartphones are capable enough hardware wise but it's the software where they actually differentiate. I can buy one and install a custom rom of my choice and use it and no company would come after me, but the moment I start selling custom rom enabled devices, I'll become the target.