RE: A86: ROM Images

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RE: A86: ROM Images


Does TI say that dumping your ROM is illegal?

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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Nathan Haines wrote:

> 
> Right, and TI claims that even a backup of your ROM is illegal, which we are
> debating.  I think it falls under the "Fair Use" clause of the Copyright Act
> of 1976 (that's the year, right?).
> 
> That's okay, I'll keep my copy anyway.  I often use the emulator more than
> my calculator.  ;)
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> > [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Dave VanEe
> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 7:59 AM
> > To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> > Subject: RE: A86: ROM Images
> >
> >
> >
> > Nobody said distributing the ROM for programming purposes was legal. They
> > said making a copy of your own ROM for the purposes of
> > programming is legal.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 08:15 AM 11/16/98 +0100, you wrote:
> > >
> > >On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
> > >> >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.
> > >
> > >So distributing Quake, for instance, is also legal if you're researching
> > >about 3D game engines...?
> > >
> > >--
> > >Real name..: Jimmy Mårdell
> > >E-mail.....: yarin@acc.umu.se
> > >Homepage...: http://www.acc.umu.se/~yarin/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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