[NTLK] NewtonOS ROM Source Code

L.W. Brown lwb at mac.com
Mon Feb 14 15:40:44 EST 2011


Here-here! Will almost certainly be denied, but then all debate would be settled.

L.W. Brown via ¡Pad

On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:22, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca> wrote:

> A while back I was looking through the DMCA trying to figure out what implications it had and, unless I really need to go get lunch (which I do), there is a provision in there for reverse engineering.
> 
> Basically, someone would have to write Apple a note indicating what we want to do. Apple can then either offer us a license or not. If not, or if they don't respond in a reasonable amount of time, we are allowed to reverse engineer the device.
> 
> Reverse engineering without asking is illegal though.
> 
> This was in a section dealing with extending the functionality of a device made by someone else. Something to look into I suppose.



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