>> In many coutries even disassembling the driver in order to write a completely new one is ont illegal EVEN IF the vendors licence prohibits disassembling.
Do you know what countries these are or do you have any pointers to some literature on this topic? I think the other part of the story is if anyone (let�s say: the vendor) was ever able to prove that one disassembled his driver in order to gain the necessary information. I don�t think that a vendor has any legal means to force the author of some piece of software to proof where he or she got his or her knowledge from. And I don�t think it can be illegal to publish a piece of software, can it? Aside from legal issues, I am not sure if I think it will be realistic to understand the chipset interface from looking at the uncommented disassembled code. Anyone has any experience with this? I might be wrong or over-estimate the complexity ?!? >> There is an available Linux driver. I�ve heard that, but please, where is it? Torsten -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Miernik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Miernik Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2003 20:41 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [linux-dvb] Re: DVB driver for B2C2 based budget cards (such as Technisat SkyStar 2) On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 04:46:47PM +0100, Torsten Schlabach wrote: > not be disclosed. Meaning that in case anyone had the necessary > documentation for whatever reason (because he or she is a customer of > B2C2 ???) and would make it available to me that would in my > understanding not be illegal, would it? In many coutries even disassembling the driver in order to write a completely new one is ont illegal EVEN IF the vendors licence prohibits disassembling. There is an avialable Linux driver. It would be enough to disassemble it, and then write completely new open source drivers. Of course for it to be legal your drivers must be written from scratch, you can only look at the disassembly to find out what your driver needs to do. And that is legal only in some countries. -- Miernik ____________________________________________________ ___ ICQ: 4004001 ___/___ tel.: +48608233394 ___/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] No Iraq war! http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/iraq/invadeIraq082702.html Please call the White House +1-202-456-1111 or fax +1-202-456-2461 and say no! -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
