Re: Bug#247802: ITP: libfasttrack-gift -- giFT plugin for the fastrack network
On Sun, 23 May 2004, Greg Folkert wrote:
> Actually, it is only illegal when the owner of the thing being RE'd
> feels it is.
A "proper" job of reverse engineering is typically free of copyright
claims.[1] It may still be subject to patent or other, DMCA related
claims.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with what the owner of the work feels,
unless you are ascribing illegality to transgressions that are
ligigated through civil proceedings.
Don Armstrong
1: Obviously, the issue of whether the work itself was proper may be
addressed.
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A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very
easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over
expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without
discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the
syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors
are an abundant source of gain.
-- Anatole France
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