[free-sklyarov] Is the Open Source movement at risk from the
DMCA?
Austin Hook
marvin at qubit.computershop.calgary.ab.ca
Wed Jul 25 15:50:48 PDT 2001
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Roger Kramer wrote:
> 1st another disclaimer: IANAL.
> From what I can divine from the legalese, the law explicitly ALLOWS reverse
> engineering for the purpose of "achiev[ing] interoperability of an
> independently created computer program." At least one of the authors of this
> thing had at least one clue.
>
> Still I think this is a great line of reasoning that ought to be pursued in
> spite of this exemption.
How about for making making an inter-operable eBook reader?
Austin Hook
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