Hardware companies place copyrights and license agreements on the
information stored in ROM chips, preventing them from being copied and
distributed legally. While this may seem silly for the ROM in a palm device
(if you don't legally own the hardware, what would you do with the ROM
anyway), it is a practice that has its roots in preventing software piracy.
It is quite simple to extract the image of information in game cartridges
and other hardware based software (is that an oxymoron?) and burn it into
new hardware. Software pirates turn around and sell these pirated copies of
software much the same way they might sell software on a copied CD.
The bottom line is that its illegal because the license agreement prevents
it. If Palm wants to give you access to it, that's their right since they
own it. But anyone else who has it is legally prevented from giving it to
you.
That having been said, it is really easy to transfer it directly from a
device that you own. The emulator software comes with the tools to do this.
-Jeff
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex
Simonetti
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:26 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Getting a Palm VII ROM
Honestly, what's illegal about it?
Alex
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> Not legally.
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