On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 10:32:07AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't want to turn this list into a list of legal discussion, but > > since I'm heavily dealing with exactly those issues during my > > gpl-violations.org efforts, I thought I share some of the facts. > > Thanks for your answer, it cleared up things. I also don't want to > discuss legal things here, we can discuss it more privately. But I'll > just ask one more question in public: > > > So in general, at least if you're doing that kind of work within the EU, > > I wouldn't be worried all that much. > > That's good news. But what about inclusion to the official Linux > kernel? Can a driver reverse-engineered in EU be included to the > kernel? (Big part of Linux is developed in US, I guess.)
I will consult my legal counsel about this. My current naive position on this is that only the actuall process of the re-engineering matters, not the result. I'll get back as soon as I have a reply from my legal counsel. -- - Harald Welte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
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