On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 11:19:01PM -0500, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > It's also illegal in my police state to reverse engineer software > > protected by IP laws.. You are advocating I do something illegal because > > the company will not? > > Which police State do you live in? > I thought (it has been a while) that you lived in the US? Yes, and it is illegal to revrse-engineer software. > if so then I have seen many companies CLAIM that it is illegal to > reverse engineer their IP...I have seen licenses which specifically > tell you not to... > However I am aware of no law or legal precident which backs up these > claims. In fact...I have heard statements from some claiming that > reverse engineering is not only not illegal, but protected under > copyright law (not specifically...but certainly could be argued to > fall under "fair Use") Them have $$. Me not have $$. They sue, me lose. I love capitalism. If you're wrong I'd be screwed. If you're right I'd still be screwed. > If you live in a difernt police state...then all bets are off (well they > are here too...). I have even heard of proposed laws which would specifically > make illegal reverse engineering...however I am not aware of any currently > existing. The license attached to the software should be enough to prevent reverse engineering most likely. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! To boldly go where no bunch of geeks have gone before :) --Joel Klecker
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