On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:40:33PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > There's absolutely no point even implying that we need their permission > > to reverse engineer anything, > > If we are going to distribute code that has been derived by reverse > engineering, then we do need permission from the original copyright > holder. It's not the "reverse engineering" that needs permission; it's > the "distribute derived code".
If it's independently created, it's not derived. A clean-room reimplementation is an independent creation. -- G. Branden Robinson | Q: How does a Unix guru have sex? Debian GNU/Linux | A: unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount; [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fsck;more;yes;fsck;fsck;fsck; http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | umount;sleep
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