Fw: SOFTWARE LAWS

Peter D. Hipson mail at darkstar.mv.com
Tue Jun 27 12:45:13 GMT 2000


IMHO IANAL...

At 05:14 AM 6/22/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> Being in a similar business and involved in "clean" and "dirty" reverse
>> engineering at one time or another, the "Disassembly Prohibited" statement
>> in much software is a condition of the license, not a law. I don't
>remember

This type of clause is actually unenforceable... (or was, the last time I
looked) It conflicts with the trade secrets laws, along with other things. <g> 
Thanks, 
        Peter Hipson (founder, NEHOG)
        1995 White NA Hummer Wagon
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