Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:22:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:22:05 -0500 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:63212 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:22:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 21:31:51 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Larry McVoy , Rik van Riel , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: openbkweb-0.0 Message-ID: <20030214203151.GL20159@fs.tum.de> References: <20030206021029.GW19678@dualathlon.random> <20030213024751.GA14016@bjl1.jlokier.co.uk> <20030213161337.GA9654@work.bitmover.com> <20030213211127.GG20159@fs.tum.de> <20030213220522.GA11214@work.bitmover.com> <20030213225621.GA17508@bjl1.jlokier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030213225621.GA17508@bjl1.jlokier.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1025 Lines: 32 On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:56:21PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Larry McVoy wrote: > > Please show me the case law which says we have to give you our technology, > > for free, and we do not have the right to say "no way unless you agree to > > not reverse engineer". >... > Correct. You have the right to say "no way unless you agree not to > reverse engineer". >... Wrong. Current German copyright law says that any contractual appointments that disallow the allowed cases of reverse engineering are void. > -- Jamie cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/