Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 11:53:49PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Worse case scenario, this could be clean-room reimplemented. > > Before doing that, somebody ought to approach Apple and ask explicit > > permission to reverse-engineer the boot-block code and distribute the > > reverse-engineered source under a free license. > You don't need permission to reverse-engineer anything. If the thing that is being reverse-engineered is covered by copyright, and the reverse-engineering follows it tightly enough that the result is a derivate of the original thing, then some kind of permission *is* needed. (Some jurisdiction explicitly allow reverse engineering without specific permission, but ttbomk only when one keeps the reverse-engineered data private). -- Henning Makholm "They discussed old Tommy Somebody and Jerry Someone Else."
