Re: ITP: PIPS (Photo Image Print System for Linux)
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> On 4 Oct 2000, Eric The Read wrote:
>
> > > How we can modify the code without source code, and being prohibited
> > > to decompile/disassemble or reverse endineer?
> >
> > I think what it's saying is "For the source code of the software open to
> > the public, we'll tell you what to do later. For the bits that are NOT
> > open to the public (presumably provided in binary or object form), you
> > cannot reverse-engineer its object code, decompile, etc." Not quite the
> > same thing, but still questionable whether it's DFSG free.
> >
>
>
> One question: When I remember well, then the part prohibiting
> dissassembling is void in Germany. Would this mean, that one would
> be allowed to change the not-open-source parts of it?
In France, too. I believe it would just make the clause void, not the
whole contract. Er... IANAL.
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JCDubacq
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