29 Nov
2004
29 Nov
'04
9:34 a.m.
Allan Wind wrote:
On 2004-11-29T03:52:51-0500, Lee Revell wrote:
Yes. In Germany, the law says it's legal "if it is necessary for
interoperability". AFAIK the DMCA contains a similar clause.
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?
Yes, but in most cases, the end user didn't legally agree to the
license, and the law says such a clause is invalid anyway.
Clemens