Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:56:15 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: BK Licence: Protocols and Research |
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Larry McVoy wrote: > If you managed to stay close then we'd put digital signatures > into the protocol to prevent your clone from interoperating with BK.
If this hypothetical scenario were to occur, I believe that reverse engineering specific parts of the software, for the specific purpose of getting the signature key, in order to use it specifically for interoperating with the software, would be allowed regardless of license here in Europe, and perhaps in the USA too.
This, however, is not legal advice and I would certainly consult a lawyer for such a sensitive question if I wanted to do that. I have read that the penalties for misinterpreting include imprisonment in the USA.
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