Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:15:46 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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Marek Habersack writes: > On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > HP printers like a champ with no windows around. > > > But what about the legalese? If the protocols are prioprietary to M$ then you > > > > What about the legalese ? > You'd have to licence the protocols (if their legal status requires that - and > it seems probable knowing the M$ ways of doing things)
You have been throwing around a lot of claims without substantiating any of them. You make statements purporting to be factual whereas they are just your (uninformed) opinion. When someone points out you are wrong, you just ignore that and continue on with "yes, but..." and just go on and on and on and on...
This is getting really tiresome. Please stop throwing out claims and warning everying of "problems" and other impending disasters without first *checking* if what you are saying has any substance. If you don't actually *know*, then *ask a question*, don't just say such-and-such is a problem/cannot be done or whatever.
> > > can't legally use them in a free product? So what's the use of the fact that > > > you know how the protocol works? > > > > Of course I can use them. At worst US citizens couldnt use it cos they have a > > fucked up patent system. > And what share of users does the US market have?
Look, like Alan said, look at VFAT, NTFS, Netware and all the other goodies that Linux has, and there is *no problem* in the U.S.A. In fact, go read some history: the entire PC clone industry exists because the original IBM BIOS was reverse engineered. There was no problem doing this, and this kind of practice has happened time and time again in the U.S.A., so *clearly* this is a complete non-issue. There is a well-defined mechanism for reverse engineering a proprietary protocol/API.
Regards,
Richard....
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