Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: 4D-NXs (was Re: Sync Issues)
From: Dan Hollis (goemon_AT_sasami.anime.net)
Date: to loka 28 1999 - 14:14:41 EDT
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Joe Miklojcik wrote:
> > > * "we think our hardware's proprietary secrets will be revealed
> > > if there is a source code driver"
> > Uh, isnt this what patents are for? If someone reverse engineers their
> > card, they are *completely screwed* unless they have patent protection.
> Shhh :) They haven't figured that out yet. It's the only thing saving us
> on a lot of the hardware Linux supports. I'm not a lawyer, but I think that
> they can deny the right to reverse engineer in a user license, which would
> make some drivers illegal.
So you reverse engineer them in a country where such shrinkwrap licenses
themselves are illegal. Isnt this most of europe? :)
Isnt there some precedent law in the US which basically says such licenses
are unenforceable?
-Dan
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