From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263913AbTIIOUK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:20:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263915AbTIIOUK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:20:10 -0400 Received: from ejc.ecomda.com ([212.18.24.150]:33156 "EHLO ejc.ecomda.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263913AbTIIOUH (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:20:07 -0400 Subject: Re: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs From: Torgeir Veimo To: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87ptiahy0v.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> References: <1062985742.3771.16.camel@africa.netenviron.com> <1063024404.21084.7.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <1063025187.3284.55.camel@africa.netenviron.com> <1063074827.3768.4.camel@africa.netenviron.com> <87ptiahy0v.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1063117206.3569.39.camel@africa.netenviron.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:20:06 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 14:49, Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote: > Torgeir Veimo writes: > > > More detailed information is available here: http://www.duke.edu/~java32/bravo/bravohacking.html > > > > Not poking my nose too far in here, but what about 'Dat Magnificently > Crafted Act? :) Would writing a driver based on registers found by looking at the disassembled binary driver be considered a derivative work? Does it need to be done by a different person, acting as a proxy? -- Torgeir Veimo