Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751460AbWCIQtW (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:49:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751705AbWCIQtV (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:49:21 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:11524 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751460AbWCIQtV (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:49:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:49:12 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Phillip Susi Cc: Luke-Jr , Anshuman Gholap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers. Message-ID: <20060309164912.GA58229@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Phillip Susi , Luke-Jr , Anshuman Gholap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200603091509.06173.luke@dashjr.org> <441057D4.6030304@cfl.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <441057D4.6030304@cfl.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 583 Lines: 14 On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 11:29:08AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > This is why it is legal to reverse engineer a binary driver to gain an > understanding of how the hardware operates, publish that information, > and then use that information to create new software to operate that > hardware. Hardware is not a copyrightable work. OG. - 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/