Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:36:20 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We have ath, now what about Broadcom? Message-ID: <20030727060620.GQ45069@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030726.110040.81570681.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20030726002537.B19390@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20030726101853.O2874@catalyst.chemikals.org> <20030726.103846.20535602.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030726.110040.81570681.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 26 July 2003 at 11:00:40 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20030726.103846.20535602.imp@bsdimp.com> > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: >> The reason I keep saying that is that nobody knows for sure. Nobody >> has reverse engineered anything, got sued and won (or lost). Just > > However, there are one or two cases that are close to relevant working > their ways through the courts. Since they are in different districts, > the answer is different depending on where you live in the US. Or *whether* you live in the US. There's a very good reason nobody's ever been sued for reverse engineering in Australia: it's not illegal (which may be a different statement from saying "it's legal"). That gets back to the original question: is it legal to use reverse engineered software in the USA? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/I2vcIubykFB6QiMRAin0AJ9SQbKCixB+F6EKjMH4PC2gGxBhBACfYnj0 9cjQ+fSYZCCIZ6xg6xh9Nu8= =5t8J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9--
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