Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
In a message dated 11/17/98 1:08:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, thruska@tir.com
writes:
>
> Ummm...He who is the archiver at ticalc.org doesn't know that the 82 has
> assembly capabilities? He who personally put CrASH, ASH, JASS, and
> OShell-82 shells for the TI-82 says it no longer exists. This sounds like
> hypocrisy to me. Besides, how did we get an 82 shell in the first place?
> Someone had to use the TI ROM for research purposes. So, Bryan Rabeler, if
> TI doesn't allow their ROM to be used for research purposes, you had better
> remove every last assembly shell, game, and program from the 82 directories
> or you are in serious legal trouble. However, TI can't and won't prosecute
> since "programming research" is legal under the copyright law.
ti did not support assembly on the ti-82, so it was NOT meant to be
programmed, which voids all uses of "programming research" in investigating
the rom of the ti-82. in contrast, ti supported assembly on the ti-86, so it
was meant to be programmed, justifying the "programming research" claim.
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