RE: A86: ROM Images


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RE: A86: ROM Images




Distributing the ROM image for "programming research" doesn't make it
legal.

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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:

> 
> At 08:31 PM 11/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >> Well, we ARE doing research!  We are researching how to make games for the
> >> TI graphing calculators and then writing games and matching the game code
> >> against the ROM to make sure it works, then beta testers do the exact same
> >> thing.  Therefore distributing the ROM IS legal since we are under the
> >> section of copyright law that deals with research.
> 
> >Uh, WRONG!  Distributing the ROM cannot be legal under any circumstances.
> 
> You can't just make a statement like this and leave us hanging.  Explain
> these "circumstances" that you speak of.  I specified the type of research
> that all of us programmers are doing, which makes the ROM legal to have.
> Distributing the ROM is therefore legal since everyone must be able to
> prove that the research that the programmers did is really true.  So,
> either end of the use of the ROM is legal under copyright law.  Now, tell
> me YOUR defense.
> 
> I'm not trying to start a flame war, I'm just trying to get TI off our
> backs...which we would all like to happen.  The issue of ROM images needs
> to be settled with us on the legal winning side.  It is able to happen,
> only if our brilliant legal minds come together to create a solution.
> 
> BTW, TI hasn't gone to court yet, but you never know when it will happen.
> We need to be ready to defend a fellow programmer, beta tester, etc. if
> such a case ever comes up.
> 
> 
>                  Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com
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