Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 10:24:33AM -0500, Jonathan P Tomer wrote:
> actually i think certain forms of reverse engineering are illegal due
> to patent and/or copyright issues but it can be worked around by
> having one person run a lot of tests on a piece of equipment and
> another creating <whatever> to fit the specs as determined by the
> tester.
It wouldn't be from patent concerns, since the whole point
of patents is to disclose (make obvious) a reduction to
practice of the invention - opposite of trade secret.
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