My understanding is it prohibits reverse engineering copy protection... not general things. Also according to this notable source article: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/comments/reply/026lane.pdf it would seem interoperability (I'd read this elsewhere as well) is still protected. (So sorry M$, POI's legal :-)
-Andy On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 12:14, Fernandez Martinez, Alejandro wrote: > Hi Costin, > > Does not the DMCA expressly prohibit reverse-engineering? Or is it just > legaleze, not applicable in the real world? > > Un saludo, > > Alex. > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Enviado el: mi�rcoles 13 de marzo de 2002 17:04 > > Para: Jakarta General List > > Asunto: Re: License issue (the come back) > > [snip] > > > AFAIK ( and again don't take my word for it, call your lawyer > > :-), clean > > room implementations based on a published spec are perfectly > > legal. Probably the name/logo is protected, but saying that your > > code implements/is based on jaxp/jmx/etc ( but is not 'certified' or > > 'compatible' ) should be ok. > > > > Costin > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- http://www.superlinksoftware.com http://jakarta.apache.org/poi - port of Excel/Word/OLE 2 Compound Document format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
