RE: A86: ROM Images
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RE: A86: ROM Images
Right, and TI claims that even a backup of your ROM is illegal, which we are
debating. I think it falls under the "Fair Use" clause of the Copyright Act
of 1976 (that's the year, right?).
That's okay, I'll keep my copy anyway. I often use the emulator more than
my calculator. ;)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Dave VanEe
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 7:59 AM
> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: RE: A86: ROM Images
>
>
>
> Nobody said distributing the ROM for programming purposes was legal. They
> said making a copy of your own ROM for the purposes of
> programming is legal.
>
> Dave
>
> At 08:15 AM 11/16/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
> >> >Uh, WRONG! Distributing the ROM cannot be legal under any
> circumstances.
> >>
> >> You can't just make a statement like this and leave us
> hanging. Explain
> >> these "circumstances" that you speak of. I specified the type
> of research
> >> that all of us programmers are doing, which makes the ROM
> legal to have.
> >> Distributing the ROM is therefore legal since everyone must be able to
> >> prove that the research that the programmers did is really true. So,
> >> either end of the use of the ROM is legal under copyright law.
> Now, tell
> >> me YOUR defense.
> >
> >So distributing Quake, for instance, is also legal if you're researching
> >about 3D game engines...?
> >
> >--
> >Real name..: Jimmy Mårdell
> >E-mail.....: yarin@acc.umu.se
> >Homepage...: http://www.acc.umu.se/~yarin/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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