Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932653AbVLFXQr (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:16:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932649AbVLFXQr (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:16:47 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:51612 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932656AbVLFXQq (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:16:46 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Lee Revell To: Florian Weimer Cc: Jeff Garzik , Brian Gerst , Arjan van de Ven , "M." , Andrea Arcangeli , William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <87ek4phmlg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> <20051206030828.GA823@opteron.random> <1133869465.4836.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4394ECA7.80808@didntduck.org> <4395E2F4.7000308@pobox.com> <1133897867.29084.14.camel@mindpipe> <4395E962.2060309@pobox.com> <1133898911.29084.25.camel@mindpipe> <87ek4phmlg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:17:35 -0500 Message-Id: <1133911056.29084.53.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 855 Lines: 23 On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 23:44 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Lee Revell: > > > I know you are not a lawyer but do you have a pointer or two? As long > > as we are REing for interoperability I've never read anything to > > indicate the approach I described could be a problem even in the US. > > Are we still reverse-engineering for interoperability when we > essentially want to duplicate a piece of software with identical > purpose? 8-) > I would think that any reverse engineering to make a Linux driver falls under interoperability because it's the only way to make the hardware work with my OS. Lee - 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/