I have a listing of the IBM EGA BIOS so I might be able to help on the listing side of a "Chinese Wall". Or, do you think that IBM cares anymore since they got out of the PC business. Actually, the assembler code would be modified so much for our hardware that it wouldn't be recognizable. I presume that, as in music or literature, you are allowed to copy a little.
IANAL, but, from what I believe, if the work is not a direct copy (ie: it was created independently*) then there is no problems, even if things end up "looking" similar. So in this case, taking the code and modifying it (even if it was completely different) would be violation of copyright, unless there were provisions made for something like that (eg: GPL licence, etc). Additionally, there may be patents involved which complicate things further. This is because the ideas themselves are "property" and generally treated as inviolable by the state/jurisdiction. -Lucas =================================== * http://lmk.is.dreaming.org (Website & Blog) * http://hot-noodle-soup.blogspot.com =================================== _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
