Behringer [was Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] RME is no more]

Michal Kostrzewa m.kostrzewa at pentacomp.com.pl
Mon Nov 29 05:51:12 EST 2004


Dnia 29-11-2004, pon o godzinie 05:10 -0500, Allan Wind napisał(a):
> On 2004-11-29T03:52:51-0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> > James Courtier-Dutton reverse engineered the Audigy LS in a few days.
> 
> Is reverse engineering legal?  Does the license not usually contain
> verbage to bar to you from using that option?
> 

It depends of country's law. For instance in Poland, where I live,
reverse engineering is legal in some cases regardless of license
statements saying the opposite. Among this cases is creating compatible
applications when no available documentation exists. 
I suppose there may be similar law in other countries.
 

best regards,
Michal Kostrzewa





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