Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs | From | Alexander Hoogerhuis <> | Date | 09 Sep 2003 17:05:50 +0200 |
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Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com> writes:
> Would writing a driver based on registers found by looking at the > disassembled binary driver be considered a derivative work? Does it need > to be done by a different person, acting as a proxy? >
Dunno, I've just read anough about it that I'd be careful looking at the tray-table hinge on a flight through the US in case I'm reverse-engineering a patented hinge by trying to understand how it works ;)
> Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>
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