Hi! 4-Дек-2004 00:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johnson Lam) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>> Dura lex, sed lex. Law applied notwitstanding, if there is (explicit) >>lost of money/reputation. Issue is only will someone raise sue or not. JL> In western world like US, maybe someone will think "carry out the law" JL> is most important, but for Chinese, money is most important, so the JL> local businessman will consider money as major reason. I think, your local judges not think so (unless they are corrupted :). >> There is not important - will you spread "breaked" data/materials or >>analysis of "breaked" data. With DMCA, any virus maker _may_ sue antiviruses >>producer, because they decrypt their production to make vacsine. JL> In our case, we're not decrypting the ROM data, just trace the how the JL> code run and make sure our own program won't conflict with it, will JL> this break the US law? I'm no law expert so I really not sure. Sure, experienced lawyer may find very strange reasons to sue you. :) ;( For example: distribution of materials, protected by copyright. Also, some local laws does _not_ allow _any_ reverse engineering, even for making compatability fixes in _your_ software. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel