Greg, you miss the point that even if nothing is changed, unless you are part of the support system (vendor, installer, etc.), using a controlled device on humans is illegal. However, making a controlled device and using it to pound nails ... or store pictures for your family album, is not illegal. The issue is how it gets used, the controlled environment of use, trouble reports, support, etc, not whether it's an exact copy.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregory Woodhouse Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:31 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Can't find 'Define Imaging site paramaters option' !!! It's not quite so absurd, though, when you consider that MUMPS is traditionally interpreted, and if you change the code on the system where it is intended to run, then you are effectively modifying the executable. It's not just a matter of making a copy of the source code and saying "Don't touch this." === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Without the requirement of mathematical aesthetics a great many discoveries would not have been made." -- Albert Einstein On Jul 8, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Cameron Schlehuber wrote: > You're right. Those 14 lines or so are absurd on several levels. > One, it's > contradictory with the nature of copyrighting software generated by > federal > employees (or contract employees). Two, while Imaging is considered a > medical device by the FDA, what is regulated is its use, not the > copying or > distribution of the source code. As a simple example, pacemakers are > patented in the US Patent and Trademark Office and copies of their > designs > are readily available to anyone without ever running afoul of the > FDA. Of > course, how one uses that information may be regulated by the FDA > depending > on how you use it. > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
