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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: DIGIBOARD driver in ~julian
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> Hallo,
> 
> In list.freebsd-hackers you write:
> 
> >Thanks for enlightening this, Terry.  I've really been under the
> >impression that it was beyond legality in US to disassemble some-
> >thing (and i will yet have to check it again -- but it's still my
> >believe for the german situation).
> 
> Kurze Bemerkung: soweit ich weiss enthaelt die Eur. Urheberrechts-Direktive
> spezielle Klauseln die das reverse engineering zum herausfinden von 
> Schnittstellen moglich machen.
> 
> Gruss
> 
> Christoph Weber-Fahr
> 

I'm sorry; my German isn't what it used to be.

"So it is; the EEC directive special clause regarding the reverse
 engineering <?> of <?> <?il>legal".

Clearly, I would make a good translator for toy assembly instructions.

8-).

Someone have a translation?  I'm missing the most important clause that
would tell me if he's claiming it's legal or illegal...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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