Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:39:08 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > You mean you find saying you were wrong tricky. Ghostscript drives those
> > > HP printers like a champ with no windows around.
> > But what about the legalese? If the protocols are prioprietary to M$ then you
>
> What about the legalese ?
>
> > can't legally use them in a free product? So what's the use of the fact that
> > you know how the protocol works?
>
> Of course I can use them. At worst US citizens couldnt use it cos they have a
> fucked up patent system.
Yep. European Union laws allow disassembling and other reverse engineering
tricks for interoperability. Getting your printer to work with your computer
certainly belongs to that category.
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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