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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer
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In article <1bf4heINNh62@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.044838.15514@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes:
>>
>> Sorry, reverse engineering may not be illegal, bit it can still be
>>litigated (and won) by the "damaged" party
>
>Oh. Right. Now I remember. This is Amerika - where the two are not
>synonymous.
>
>>please see:
>>
>> Digital Equipment Corporation vs. EMC^2
>
>Right. Thanks for clearing me up.
The problem appears to be a misconception that there is a "guilty" party in
civil law in the US, just as there is in criminal law. This isn't the case.
Criminal law requires proof "beyond a reasonable doubt"; civil law requires
on "a preponderance of evidence". Civil law is much closer to the classical
concept of "the scales of justice" than criminal law.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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