From: Alexander Hoogerhuis <alexh@ihatent.com>
To: Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs
Date: 09 Sep 2003 17:05:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d6eahui9.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1063117206.3569.39.camel@africa.netenviron.com>
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>
mvh,
A
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-09 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-08 1:49 possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs Torgeir Veimo
2003-09-08 8:25 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2003-09-08 8:45 ` Russell King
2003-09-08 12:33 ` Alan Cox
2003-09-08 12:46 ` Torgeir Veimo
2003-09-09 2:33 ` Torgeir Veimo
2003-09-09 13:49 ` Alexander Hoogerhuis
2003-09-09 14:20 ` Torgeir Veimo
2003-09-09 15:05 ` Alexander Hoogerhuis [this message]
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2003-11-28 16:23 Iain Barker
2003-11-29 4:58 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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