To: Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs
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From: Alexander Hoogerhuis <alexh@ihatent.com>
Date: 09 Sep 2003 17:05:50 +0200
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Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com> writes:

> Would writing a driver based on registers found by looking at the
> disassembled binary driver be considered a derivative work? Does it need
> to be done by a different person, acting as a proxy?
> 

Dunno, I've just read anough about it that I'd be careful looking at
the tray-table hinge on a flight through the US in case I'm
reverse-engineering a patented hinge by trying to understand how it
works ;)

> Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>

mvh,
A
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