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. Only if it's actually a derivative work. If it's done by the "Chinese Wall" a.k.a "Clean Room" method, it's not, as has been explained before.
That requires one person examining the boot block and making a specification (without any binary details) for what a boot block needs to do, and a *different* person reading the specification and writing a brand new boot block from it. >It's not the "reverse engineering" that needs permission; it's > the "distribute derived code". > -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
