I don't believe a non-compete clause accomplishes your goal, as I've recently written. On the other hand, a "don't reverse engineer and don't allow your copy to be used to reverse engineer" clause does.
The "no reverse" clause is pretty common and difficult to argue against. The non-compete clause is probably not enforcable and looks like restraint of trade. Marty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry McVoy Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:56 AM To: Matthew Jacob Cc: Jeff Sipek; Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BK] upgrade will be needed If anyone can think of a better way for us to both let you use the tool and protect our hard work, I'm listening. The repeated outrage over the restrictions isn't any more fun for me than it is for you. Any answer, however, has to take our issues into consideration as well as yours. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
