Re: Phil meet y-devel; y-devel meet Phil

Quoting Ulrik Mikaelsson <[email protected]>:

> Monday 19 July 2004 02.30 skrev Andrew Suffield:
> > <shrug> Your own silly fault for buying the wrong
> > hardware. Reverse-engineer it if you really care.
> Hmm, pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a rabid manufacturer of graphics
> chips out there that threatens to sue everyone who tries to make a driver for
> their chip?

Reverse engineering for the purpose of making a compatible product is a
protected right in the UK, and I believe also in the rest of the EEC.

So they can try suing whoever they want, but no court in europe will ever hear
them out.

Phil