[3384] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Fri Jun 21 19:24:06 1996
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:11:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
cc: Mike Kilburn <mike@lserv.conexio.co.za>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606181815.OAA03671@etinc.com>
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Dennis wrote:
> It doesnt matter what he says, you cant license against add-ons. You can
> put whatever you want in the document, but you cant enforce it so its
> meaningless. You dont own the computer by running an O/S...you can
Are you sure? Are you a legal expert now too?
> with the core kernel code itself. A licensor only has rights over their
> own code. When you buy a development kit from Microsoft you're paying
> for the information on how the O/S works. If you figure it out without the docs
> or the kit they cant stop you from selling or using it because they didnt get
> their fee.
There are precedents that state the opposite. Stac, makers of Stacker,
lost part of a suit with MS, that involved their reverse engineering part
of the boot up sequence of DOS that enabled fairly seemless integration
of Stacker with DOS.
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