From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 11:50:55 PDT
Mark Rollins wrote:
> Just my 2 cents, as I'm sure everyone will weigh in on this. As one of
> the
> longest-time Newton users on this list, I realized a while ago we have
> a
> dwindling base of users, programmers, spare parts and innovations. When
> someone goes to the trouble of creating something like the SER001, one
> has
> to marvel at the ingenuity, and give thanks.
>
> Obviously it is facetious to suggest suing, as any recovery would be
> dwarfed
> by the legal fees. Note: IP, or Intellectual Property law differs
> vastly
> from regular "I painted this myself" copyright law. One has to ask
> themselves about the ethics of copying someone's designs for sale as
> their
> own. Note if someone bought an SER001, and had the skills to make a
> copy to
> install in another Newton is a different issue.
>
> What next - change a few lines of code and say I wrote a ATA memory
> card
> driver "inspired" by Paul G.?
Exactly.
I would like to ask everybody who seemed to take a strictly legal view
of this so far, to read this and (re)consider the community angle as
well.
Robert Benschop
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