Re: reverse engineering bounties

Hi,

> > I don't want to be counterproductive and I am in no way a lawyer, but
> > there might be a legal component in this discussion. I don't know the
> > general EU/US/WIPO opinions on this, but reverse engineering for the sake
> > of interoperability is (within some bounds) legal in the EU. However,
> > jurisdictions might require this process to be non-commercial. For
> > example the German copyright law has such a restriction. (You can
> > circumvent copy protection mechanisms here in Germany, if not done for
> > money.)
>
> People are free not to accept a bounty or have it passed on to an
> organization of their choice.
>
> The legal state of reverse engineering is dubious in some countries, but
> thankfully it is very clear in some places that explicitly allow RE, namely
> Australia and Switzerland.  In Switzerland CSS (no typo) is forbidden, BTW.

CSS is forbidden? Really? How do they sell DVDs in CH? Unencrypted?

> Does that appease you?

Sure, I just wanted to point this out. I don't think stupid laws should stop 
us.

Michael

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