7 Feb
2013
7 Feb
'13
9:24 a.m.
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:14 PM, david wrote:
So clean room design begins with reverse-engineering the original. Sounds
like it violates the VST license terms, since they expressly forbid
reverse-engineering ...
I do realize that I sound pig-headed, but a license is an agreement.
If you didn't sign one, how can you possibly violate the terms?
"3. The Licensee has no permission to sell, licence, give-away and/or
distribute the Licensed Software Developer Kit or parts of it in any
way, on any medium, including the Internet, to any other person,
including sub-licensors of the Licensee or companies where the
Licensee has any involvement. This includes re-working this
specification, or reverse-engineering any products based upon this
specification."
The Licensee, Dave, is someone who has been granted a licence.
Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org
Which appears to be forbidden by the VST license?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design