Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932756AbWL1I6L (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:58:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932754AbWL1I6K (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:58:10 -0500 Received: from maxwell.spina.si ([193.77.104.223]:50073 "EHLO maxwell.spina.si" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932756AbWL1I6K (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:58:10 -0500 Message-ID: <45938788.4010201@kanardia.eu> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:59:52 +0100 From: Rok Markovic User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James C Georgas CC: LKML Subject: Re: Binary Drivers References: <20061226112040.95091.qmail@web32614.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1167139732.15424.48.camel@Rainsong> In-Reply-To: <1167139732.15424.48.camel@Rainsong> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 553 Lines: 15 Do we have a right to reverse engineer hardware, or they are protected by patents or something similar that would prevent you from publishing results adn/or drivers (open source). Are there any restrictions in how you obtain information - signal analyser, disassembly of windows driver, etc. Rok Markovic - 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/