Re: Reverse engineering issue

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Marc Lehmann wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 06:32:43PM -0400, Robert L Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I've asked for (and received) a file printed on an Epson Stylus Photo
> > 700 printer.  The header of this file may help me enable additional
> > capabilities that the public documentation lacks.  Would it be an
> > issue (from the Gimp's point of view) if I took the information
> > gathered from that file (on how to use additional capabilities) and
> > incorporated it into a modified print plugin, and offered it back to
> > the Gimp?
> 
> There are no lawayers here. But I'd say there is no such problem. In
> europe it's legal (for the purposes you said), but in the us you could
> come in jail (at least its not legal).

Actually as long as you don't crack any kind of encryption it should be perfectly
legal to do in the states.

Jay (not a lawyer) Cox
jaycox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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