Wow, this thread became huge...
I looked at the thread and have to say, this is a huge shoot at your foot
like it or not it's the true.
Showing all the info that way is not productive, actually is really quite counter productive.
Lets see, you make all that public, you enjoy it for a short period of time, but them what?
Instead of make your hack have a good living time, showing it all will make Rigol respond and invalidate it, so not quite a smart thing...
Rigol in the past responded so this time they will do the same.
The worse is that all the people that have been enjoying the hack will also suffer, but thats not all; the thing is that all the owners will also suffer, even those that never hacked it
Rigol will respond, and for that they will use the same staff that are developing/supporting the scope, so those resources will be reallocated to prevent the hack instead of for example fixing bugs or adding new stuff to the scope...
note: I'm not saying that I could not make a similar mistake, we all have done, and will do, thats life
EDIT:
In the end I have to say that if you have some info, information that is yours, it's up to you know what to do with it, that freedom have to exist.
And when I wrote:
The worse is that (...); the thing is that all the owners will also suffer, even those that never hacked it
I'm not being fair, if this problem will exist, it is Rigol responsibility.
For people that had/have the hack and can also be affected by a response from Rigol; well the word "HACK" says it all...
I still think that it's a bit "naive" release all the info and don't expect response, but only the future will tell, so let's live the present and wait for what the future will bring us