On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 05:11:00PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > But if I remember my legal and ethics course correctly if you can arrive > at a conclusion through your own research then your reasonably clear. > For example, the drivers are closed source but the hardware itself is an > entirely separate issue. So if you can create your own drivers by your > own research into how the hardware is setup then the drivers created > could licensed under your own terms- open source or otherwise. > > The drivers and hardware may operate together but are separate items of > creativity, therefore do not operate under the same patent.
Be very careful. Even in the US, where there's a presumption of innocence built into criminal law, the presumption of innocence doesn't apply in civil court. -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Principle of Exclusion: The strength of any system is inversely proportional to the restrictions on the power of tools allowed to the general public by that system.
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