A89: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: CORRECTION: Shift+ON
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
A89: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: CORRECTION: Shift+ON
>It also means that if Mike were to leak the SDK tomorrow
> illegally, he would be in trouble, but once it's in the public domain I am
> no longer obligated to keep quiet about it.
Geez, Scott, stop telling them my plans; I'll get you for leaking secret
proprietary information :)
--Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Noveck" <noveck@pluto.njcc.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:28 PM
Subject: A89: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: CORRECTION: Shift+ON
>
> > > My SDK license says that I can't say anything until TI releases
> > > the material publically, which, if they use 90 days of alpha
> > > testing and 90 days of beta testing (the 83+ SDK beta was 90
> > > days, which is where that number comes from), is maybe 5 months
> > > down the road.
> >
> > Does it mean that reproducing their info will be legal after they
> > releases the material publically? I don't think so.
>
> Yes, it does. The SDK falls under US trade secret laws. This means that
> anyone who releases the information without permission is subject to large
> fines and such, but if the information somehow makes its way into the
public
> domain, then anyone is free to talk about it. That means that I can't
talk
> about anything you guys don't know about, but if, say, Johan reverse
> engineers a new ROM Call tomorrow, then it's in the public domain and free
> to be discussed. It also means that if Mike were to leak the SDK tomorrow
> illegally, he would be in trouble, but once it's in the public domain I am
> no longer obligated to keep quiet about it.
>
> This works out well, as all you need is proof that said information was
> public. TIGCCLIB has been public for a long time, so I can freely discuss
> anything already in there. You could not get in trouble for, say,
releasing
> a bugfix, or releasing a new version that did not use any SDK info (like
the
> interrupt stuff you mentioned), without any worry.
>
> It also means that as soon as TI releases the SDK publically tomorrow,
then
> you are free to use/discuss it tomorrow, just like that. It also means
that
> TI could decide never to release the SDK, meaning you would be bound for
the
> full 3 years that the agreement lasts for (not likely, but possible =)
>
> If that's not enough for you, the following paragraph is from my license
> agreement:
>
> "Unless the Pre Release Code has been publicly announced by TI it is
> considered to be proprietary information and
> subject to trade secret protection. You agree that you will not disclose
any
> information concerning the Pre Release
> Code to any third parties for three (3) years following the date of this
> letter. This obligation to protect information
> about the Pre Release Code ceases if TI makes the information public; or
TI
> intentionally furnishes the information to
> another party without restriction."
>
> -Scott
>
>
>
References: