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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 28 Mar 1996 03:43:01 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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vladimir@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu (Vladimir Vukicevic) wrote:
] In article <jameslDosqBp.E0C@netcom.com> jamesl@netcom.com (James Logajan) writes:
]
] > The bottom line is that nobody has asked for the bloody details of the
] > innards of the Matrox board, only the interface protocol. And I'm pretty
] > sure that is fair game to reverse-engineer.
]
] Exactly. Matrox doesn't seem to understand this. Incidentally, in my
] 'software license agreement' that came with their drivers:
]
]
] "The original purchaser may not engage in, nor permit third parties to
] engage in, any of the following:
] ..
] - Attempting to unassemble, de-compile or reverse engineer the Software
] in any way.
] ..
] "
"Do not 'Try'... Do..." -- Yoda
I wonder if it would be an "attempt" if you knew you would
succeed. 8-) 8-).
On the other hand, you could buy a used board, making you "not
the original purchaser"... Quick! Before they change the license!
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.