RE: [dvd-discuss] Court Sides With Geac in Mainframe Software Cas e

["D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>]

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 10:54, Richard Hartman wrote:
> I thought it was the _data_ they were accessing in "novel ways".

Kal v'khomer.

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> -Richard M. Hartman
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> 
> 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. C. Sessions [mailto:dcs@lumbercartel.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:49 AM
> > To: DVD-Discuss
> > Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Court Sides With Geac in Mainframe Software
> > Cas e
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:36, Richard Hartman wrote:
> > 
> > > AFAICT the third-party did not modify code -- nor did
> > > they _have_ the code -- they modified the binary ... 
> > > perhaps they could only do this because they had 
> > > knowledge of the product from when the worked there
> > > ... but nonetheless, they didn't modify -- or view 
> > > -- the code when they were working for the third-party.
> > 
> > Are we reading the same case?
> > As I read it, the add-on didn't modify the code
> > at all, just accessed it in novel ways.
> > 
> > -- 
> > | The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. |
> > | Because the slow, feeble old codgers like me cheat.                |
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| The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. |
| Because the slow, feeble old codgers like me cheat.                |
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