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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:33375 comp.unix.bsd:6502 comp.org.eff.talk:9477 misc.legal:24896 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!curtis From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd,comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer Date: 13 Oct 1992 22:05:51 GMT Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed. Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <1bfh7vINNjte@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <1992Oct12.044838.15514@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1bf4heINNh62@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Oct13.194725.21766@fcom.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: viper.cs.berkeley.edu In article <1992Oct13.194725.21766@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: |In article <1bf4heINNh62@agate.berkeley.edu> curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes: |>In article <1992Oct12.044838.15514@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@icarus.weber.edu writes: |>> |>> Sorry, reverse engineering may not be illegal, bit it can still be |>>litigated (and won) by the "damaged" party |> |>Oh. Right. Now I remember. This is Amerika - where the two are not |>synonymous. | |The problem appears to be a misconception that there is a "guilty" party in |civil law in the US, just as there is in criminal law. This isn't the case. | |Criminal law requires proof "beyond a reasonable doubt"; civil law requires |on "a preponderance of evidence". Civil law is much closer to the classical |concept of "the scales of justice" than criminal law. Right; however, one would presumably prefer that both contained a clear definition of wrongdoing, and the penalties such could incur. At least, I would. I assume there are some people who profit from the converse, and would like it to continue as such. c