Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 13:16:23 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer) Cc: babkin@hq.icb.chel.su, nate@sri.MT.net, kevin@NDA.COM, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xircom hardware specs Message-ID: <199605172016.NAA20568@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <10293.832308206@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at May 17, 96 05:43:26 am
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> > But it's possible to take say BSDI driver, disassemble it and make the specs > > publically available. > > Reverse engineering isn't legal everywhere :-) And importing the results of locally illegal reverse engineering is generally illegal everywhere reverse engineering is illegal. A clean room recoding from software without a legally binding license is about the only exception. Technically, shrink-wrap licensing would probably apply here unless you went to court over whether implied contracts were illegal. If you do, make sure you do it before some of the pending legislation that is following on the heels of the CDA (legislation which intends to make shrink-wrap licensing legally binding). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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