Re: Talking to Logitech on the phone regarding webcam support for linux

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Around 01:15pm on Thursday, February 08, 2007 (UK time), Dave Ihnat scrawled:

> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:43:17PM +1030, Tim wrote:
> > Of course, you don't need access to the source code to be able to do
> > that, hackers have been working that sort of stuff out for themselves
> > right from the start.
> 
> And today that kind of hacking may be considered illegal if the
> manufacturer decided to press charges.

I presume that by "that kind of hacking", you mean reverse engineering?
If so, is it really illegal?  What law is it breaking (I'm not talking
about DRM stuff).

Steve

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A:  Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q:  Why is top-posting a bad thing?

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