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RE: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:01:19 GMT
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Original-From:
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CERRINA, Benoit <benoit.cerrina@rp-ANTISPAMrorer.com>
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I'm afraid there is no issue we got sidetracked, I think it is time to close
this thread on the conclusion we agree about:
1) There is no copyright issue with legOS since it doesn't use any lego
code.
2) Lego will not support any RCX with legOS loaded on it. But as long as
you can remove it (remove the battery) I don't see why it would even void
the warranty.
Benoit Cerrina
(610) 454 8347
Benoit.cerrina@writeme.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/2404/
> ----------
> From: Eric Hodges
> Reply To: eric.hodges@platinum.com
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 6:54 PM
> To: 'brian@projo.com'; lego
> Subject: RE: legOS
>
> Regardless, all software written by Lego is their property. If you want
> to
> redistribute it you must obtain permission. If you want to modify it for
> your own personal use I don't think there is anything they can do to you.
> Even if the licensing agreement excludes the software that comes in the
> RCX's ROM it is still subject to copyright law.
>
> What's the real issue here? What are we afraid Lego will do?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Stormont [SMTP:brian@projo.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 1:37 PM
> To: lego
> Subject: Re: legOS
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>
> Assuming firmware is "software", the question still remains whether the
> licensing agreement that came with the Mindstorms kit refers to only the
> PC-based software (which was my interpretation when I read it) or whether
> it
> refers to the firmware too. From my reading of the agreement, I don't
> think it
> is obvious that it also covers the firmware.
>
> In any case, there still is nothing legally preventing someone from
> replacing
> their firmware with another version of firmware. The licensing agreement
> only
> dealt with copying and reverse-engineering the software Lego provided. As
>
> for
> what "software" that is, the lawyers will have to argue...
>
> -brian
>
> Eric Hodges wrote:
>
> > It's the law. Software isn't defined by the media it's stored in or the
> > way it is stored. It doesn't make any legal difference if you • distribute
> > the software on a CD or printed on the back of a T-shirt. The copyright
> > laws consider software to be any "set of statements or instructions to • be
> > used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a • certain
> > result."( 17 U.S.C ? 101) Software distributed on ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, • etc.
> > is still covered by the copyright laws.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kekoa Proudfoot [SMTP:lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 11:26 AM
> > To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> > Subject: Re: legOS
> >
> > Eric Hodges <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > > Firmware is software. It doesn't matter if you burn software into ROM,
> > > store it on EPROM, store it as PAL settings, core memory values, etc.
> > > Software is software, and firmware is software.
> >
> > Is this your opinion? Or do you have something to back this with?
> >
> > -Kekoa
>
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