From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 10 07:22:00 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA04161 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:22:00 -0700 Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA04156 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:21:54 -0700 Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0t2fZ2-0003wBC; Tue, 10 Oct 95 07:21 PDT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA01697; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:08:20 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "David Alderman" cc: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534), freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xircom cards - any experience? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Oct 1995 09:55:49 EST." <206E12B27B9@novell.persprog.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:08:20 +0100 Message-ID: <1695.813334100@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > [...] If I remember correctly, Xircom > claims you are violating their rights by reverse engineering their > interface specs. [...] At least for people inside the EU this is not the case, the EU has a directive that explicitly allows reverse engineering of "interfaces" in case a spec or description isn't available. :-) Xircom has been on my blacklist ever since they misused the Crynwr source. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. It will be some time yet before progress goes too far... (Poul Henningsen)