Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:17:35 -0500 |
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On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 23:44 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Lee Revell: > > > I know you are not a lawyer but do you have a pointer or two? As long > > as we are REing for interoperability I've never read anything to > > indicate the approach I described could be a problem even in the US. > > Are we still reverse-engineering for interoperability when we > essentially want to duplicate a piece of software with identical > purpose? 8-) >
I would think that any reverse engineering to make a Linux driver falls under interoperability because it's the only way to make the hardware work with my OS.
Lee
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