Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:11:46 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215091146.GB57351@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <1229325063.8820.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <ghuau9$juk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212552.GF37185@kokopelli.hydra> <1229230200.18610.87.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081215065327.GM5527@kokopelli.hydra> <1229325063.8820.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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--61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 05:11:00PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >=20 > But if I remember my legal and ethics course correctly if you can arrive > at a conclusion through your own research then your reasonably clear. > For example, the drivers are closed source but the hardware itself is an > entirely separate issue. So if you can create your own drivers by your > own research into how the hardware is setup then the drivers created > could licensed under your own terms- open source or otherwise. >=20 > The drivers and hardware may operate together but are separate items of > creativity, therefore do not operate under the same patent. Be very careful. Even in the US, where there's a presumption of innocence built into criminal law, the presumption of innocence doesn't apply in civil court. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Principle of Exclusion: The strength of any system is inversely proportional to the restrictions on the power of tools allowed to the general public by that system. --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklGH1IACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVXKQCgmgpc+kBMRfsLdaBxOhzj4oXx q1MAoMr2qTr/CSxrJZdnZYLcoIutuFD6 =JIug -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/--
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