From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 09:12:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C850106564A for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-31.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-31.bluehost.com [69.89.18.151]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 587B68FC1C for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:12:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 12918 invoked by uid 0); 15 Dec 2008 09:12:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 2008 09:12:13 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=H6Glcd4eg5JYLsC3BXX7ZSZAs2eyKHMRCj/bXjNFLLgvATC80Fp3iq/bjjfDBtdIIAHTEEvdEjNSe7Y9yZ+QnWMc2yY2DDYUoO1VlV5HWJ69/ck8lviQj45qxG67mV7+; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LC9Ur-0006lj-0x for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:12:13 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:11:46 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:11:46 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081215091146.GB57351@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="61jdw2sOBCFtR2d/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1229325063.8820.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:12:13 -0000 --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/--