RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
At 11:27 AM 11/17/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Also, writing programs has nothing to do with copying the ROM for
>programming research. There are loads of idiot programmers who don't know
>what a ROM is (granted, not many program in ASM). I've written a couple of
>ASM programs, and none of them required me to copy the ROM. I used TI's
>documented ROM calls. So an ASM program isn't illegal because it uses ROM
>calls.
Yes, in fact writing programs has everything to do with copying the ROM for
"programming research." In order to write a program, you have to research
the ROM image either directly or indirectly. In your case, your research
was done indirectly since TI did most of the work for you. Yet, your
programs that you write are research dependent. You had to do research for
your programs and therefore your programs themselves, indirectly, are
research. So, yes, writing programs is research based and other programs
can be made off of researching your program. So, the whole programming
process is research whether you like it or not.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>> [mailto:owner-assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Thomas J. Hruska
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 11:08 PM
>> To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>> Subject: RE: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
>>
>>
>>
>> At 06:09 AM 11/17/98 +0100, you wrote:
>> >You want to "research" the TI ROM so you can do what? Hack
>> assembly code?
>> >That doesn't sound like a legal reason to me. Just wait until
>> TI releases
>> >the assembly information. However, since you own a TI-82, you are out of
>> >luck since it doesn't support assembly.
>>
>> 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.
Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com
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