Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:22:08 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Peter Nagy <> | Subject | Re: The i2o Bus: A Conspiracy Against Free Software? |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Rogier Wolff wrote: > Oh. In europe our laws are pretty clear about this. No matter what the > licence is that that comes with the product, you have the right to > reverse engineer the product for the purpose of making something > compatible with the product. > > Note that you may not be allowed to reverse engineer for the purpose > of making a cometing product.
You are allowed to reverse engineer the product, write an interface docs AND make it public. And anyone else is free to make a competing product based solely on the docs.
tegla
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