Re: ROM dump legal?
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Re: ROM dump legal?
Grant Stockly wrote:
> >providing I design my own routines and leave TI's ROM alone or would TI
> >think I was copying their ROM when in reality I wouldn't be? What other
> >problems could arise (programming or legal)?
>
> If you can proove that you rewrote it, and they take you to court, they
> don't have a chance...
Hey, I've read somewhere how IBM's BIOS was leagally "copied". One team took
it apart and wrote VERY detailed instructions on how to do it. They could do
that legally as long as they didn't use the instuctions. Then ANOTHER team
made a BIOS from the instructions, only noone from the first team where
allowed to help.Point is, if you can "create" it by yourself, its yours and
not TI's. However it might be hard to convince anyone that you made it up by
yourself, you need proof.
To bad that the world is only money, 'couse its things like this which are
"killing" very good programmers. I think such a program would be very useful.
Anyone know a good lawyer??
Jack TK
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