Marc Lehmann wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 12:42:19AM -0700, Jay Cox <jaycox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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. > > I thought the law explicitly disallows any kind of reverse engineering > (because it breaks intellectual property rights)? Well, I think many shrink-wrap agreements try to state that, but it is usually not the case. Clean-room reverse engineering is the heart of things like Samba, IBM clone bios, etc. -- "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
