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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Subject: Re: SAMBA and NETWARE mounting
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 20:13:25 GMT
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rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) wrote:
] >Well, as far as I know, most of the "sniffer" type network protocol
] >analyzers have licensed the packet decodes from Novell, and in
] >getting the thing installed, you've agreed to their license terms,
] >which include the sublicense terms from Novell. And these explicitly
] >disallow using the information provided for reverse engineering
] >things.
]
] But those license terms are null and void in most of Europe...
But not in the US.
So you will be able to distribute your code in Europe and not the
US, until GATT is signed, when you will need to destroy the code.
Seems like an exercise in futility for a protocol which is so
poorly routable.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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