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Subject: Re: Difficulties in interoperating with Windows
To: andy@i-a.co.uk (Andy Jeffries)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:22:48 +0000 (GMT)
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> for the purposes of interoperability surely that is final.  As the
> contract would have been between Microsoft UK and you (note I'm only
> discussing the UK and we don't have an equivalent of the DMCA here)

I would not perform such work in the united kingdom. Perform it in a free
country. Reverse engineering that might offend a large corporation in the UK 
is only viable if you have five million pounds to hand, a law firm and a
year to kill.

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