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From: "Matthew D. Pitts" <mpitts@suite224.net>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: openbkweb-0.0
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:54:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <003601c2d430$88b6df40$0100a8c0@pcs686> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1045233701.7958.14.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk

Alan,

> What he says about this is not worth a sheeps fart. Most of the world
> allows reverse engineering for compatibility, full stop.

What the laws say is one thing. What the courts rule, no matter whether it
is in the UK, EU, or the US, is what matters. In my previous post on this
subject, I pointed out that US law provides for that in the DMCA, but the
courts have said that what the lawmakers wrote isn't what they meant...

Matthew


  reply	other threads:[~2003-02-14 13:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-06  2:10 openbkweb-0.0 Andrea Arcangeli
2003-02-06  2:34 ` openbkweb-0.0 Dave Jones
2003-02-06  3:09 ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-06  4:23   ` openbkweb-0.0 Ben Collins
2003-02-06  4:37     ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-06  6:02       ` openbkweb-0.0 Willy Tarreau
2003-02-06  6:14         ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-06 14:23         ` openbkweb-0.0 Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-02-13  2:47 ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-13 11:55   ` openbkweb-0.0 Rik van Riel
2003-02-13 16:13     ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-13 16:23       ` openbkweb-0.0 Xavier Bestel
2003-02-13 16:46         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-13 16:56       ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-13 21:11       ` openbkweb-0.0 Adrian Bunk
2003-02-13 21:18         ` openbkweb-0.0 Robert Love
2003-02-14 12:59           ` openbkweb-0.0 Xavier Bestel
2003-02-13 22:05         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-13 22:56           ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-14  6:02             ` openbkweb-0.0 Matthew D. Pitts
2003-02-14  6:30               ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-14 14:41                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-14 13:54                   ` Matthew D. Pitts [this message]
2003-02-14 15:30                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-14 15:45                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-02-14 16:56                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-14 16:47                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Tomas Szepe
2003-02-14 16:50                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-14 17:09                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Tomas Szepe
2003-02-14 17:24                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15 11:42                               ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-02-15 14:42                                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrew Walrond
     [not found]                                   ` <1045342539.5130.5.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>
     [not found]                                     ` <3E4F7E20.30905@walrond.org>
2003-02-16 20:18                                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning Schmiedehausen
2003-02-16 20:23                                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-16 21:18                                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-02-16 21:48                                             ` ADSL vs Leased line (was: Re: openbkweb-0.0) John Bradford
2003-02-17 10:13                                               ` Andrew Walrond
2003-02-17 11:00                                                 ` John Bradford
2003-02-17 11:46                                                   ` Andrew Walrond
2003-02-17 12:00                                                     ` John Bradford
2003-02-15  0:11                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-15  0:52                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  0:56                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-15  1:50                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-15  1:01                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-15  2:00                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  2:41                               ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15  3:11                                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  3:30                                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15  5:00                                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Aggelos Economopoulos
2003-02-15  5:32                                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15  7:24                                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Aggelos Economopoulos
2003-02-15  6:20                                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  7:27                                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Aggelos Economopoulos
2003-02-15  2:13                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-15  8:02                         ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16 11:17                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Pavel Janík
2003-02-14 20:31             ` openbkweb-0.0 Adrian Bunk
2003-02-14 22:02               ` openbkweb-0.0 Thomas Molina
2003-02-15  0:39                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15 16:18                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrea Arcangeli
2003-02-15 21:31                     ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-19  9:57                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrea Arcangeli
2003-02-19 10:43                         ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-19 10:51                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrea Arcangeli
2003-02-16 21:03                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-02-19  9:54                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrea Arcangeli
2003-02-14 23:45               ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-14 23:57                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15  0:45                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  1:05                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15  1:13                       ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-15  1:18                         ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-15  1:29                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-15  1:40                           ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-15  1:35                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-15  7:36                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Adrian Bunk
2003-02-15  9:46                     ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-15 11:47                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-02-15 11:50                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-15 12:07                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Jörn Engel
2003-02-15 16:44                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-15 12:10                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-02-15 16:58                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-16 20:26                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Henning Schmiedehausen
2003-02-16 21:11                             ` openbkweb-0.0 John Jasen
2003-02-18 17:41                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Christoph Hellwig
2003-02-15 17:44                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-15 18:12                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15 20:44                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-15 20:54                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-16  4:08                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-16  5:18                             ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-16  5:35                               ` openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-16 22:34                                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Pavel Machek
2003-02-17  4:31                                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Jamie Lokier
2003-02-17 14:50                                   ` openbkweb-0.0 Rik van Riel
2003-02-18 22:34                                     ` openbkweb-0.0 David Lang
2003-02-19  8:31                                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Pavel Janík
2003-02-19 15:11                                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Paul Fulghum
2003-02-19 15:16                                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-19 15:28                                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Pavel Machek
2003-02-19 15:47                                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Pitre
2003-02-15 21:56                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 21:52                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-15 22:04                           ` openbkweb-0.0 Davide Libenzi
2003-02-15 22:11                           ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-15 22:24                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Andrew Morton
2003-02-15 22:44                               ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16  0:15                                 ` openbkweb-0.0 Matt Reppert
2003-02-16  0:46                                   ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16  0:55                                     ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16  3:23                                     ` openbkweb-0.0 Larry McVoy
2003-02-16  5:22                                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Alan Cox
2003-02-16 11:08                                         ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16 11:22                                           ` openbkweb-0.0 David Woodhouse
2003-02-16 11:50                                             ` openbkweb-0.0 John Bradford
2003-02-16  9:58                             ` openbkweb-0.0 Filip Van Raemdonck
2003-02-16 14:42                       ` openbkweb-0.0 Gaël Le Mignot
2003-02-16 16:27                         ` openbkweb-0.0 Jörn Engel
2003-02-16 22:56                       ` bk2cvs [was Re: openbkweb-0.0] Pavel Machek
2003-02-18  0:19                         ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-18 11:22                           ` Pavel Machek
2003-02-18 17:19                             ` Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-14 20:28           ` openbkweb-0.0 Adrian Bunk
2003-02-14 20:35             ` openbkweb-0.0 nick
2003-02-15  0:17               ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-15 19:12 openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Mailhot
2003-02-15 20:42 ` openbkweb-0.0 Vlad@geekizoid.com
2003-02-16 10:36   ` openbkweb-0.0 Nicolas Mailhot

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