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

[Edward Barrow]

On Monday 29 November 2004 10:51, Michal Kostrzewa wrote:
> 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.

this is the situation throughout the EU.

Edward Barrow
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