This is funny. I very much doubt that MM is *required* to publish their protocols, although I must admit truly know nothing about EU law. If that was the case, it would be quite funny.
Regards Hank On 10/25/05, Tom George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2005, at 10:27 PM, Mike Chambers wrote: > > > > > which shows it is not as clear cut of an issue. > > > > Indeed. > > Back, when I worked on distributed computing products at IBM, there > was some consternation when management learned about a little known > European Union rule that said that when a manufacturer shipped two > separate products, with separate part numbers, and the two parts > "talked", then the manufacturer had to publish the protocol. This had > us kinda worked up for a while--well y'know a day or two ;-) > > In our case it became a moot point because IBM opted to go open > source (as it turns out) for DCE. Not knowing exactly the source of > that legal opinion I can't say if it was indeed the case, or if it's > still in effect today, or if it might have anything to say about the > Flash player and the various other Macromedia products that talk to it. > > -Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
