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From: vern@zebra.alphacdc.com (Vern Hoxie)
Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Message-ID: <Dp7r1s.C9w@zebra.alphacdc.com>
Organization: Denver, Colo.
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:32:16 GMT
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In article <31598846.6584@vfr.interceptor.com>,
Thumper! <thumper@vfr.interceptor.com> wrote:
>erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu wrote:
>>
>
>> Not to mention reverse engineering is fair-use, as per copyright law, so
>> a contract -can-not- forbid this.
>
> Just to be clear... you still cannot share the information with anyone
> else legally, you cannot use the information to create your own hardware,
> and if your work gets into the hands of someone who DOES do that (even if
> they get your work despite you forbidding them to do so), you will still
> be liable for copyright infringement.
I'm sure that we are all on the verge of building our own silicon
foundries!! And we are going to be able duplicate their hardware by
knowing what the interfaces are.
vern
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