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  Re: legOS
 
(...) The issue at stake is not the copyright. It's the license agreement. -Kekoa (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: legOS
 
(...) And I should add, as Brian pointed out, that the question is not whether firmware is software, it's whether firmware is Software. As I said when I started all of this, read your license agreement again, and tell me whether or not it's obvious (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: legOS
 
(...) The issue of the license agreement does state one is not given permission to reverse engineer 'the Software'. The software is defined as 'The Software included on the MINDSTORMS LEGOI product'. I read this as including the firmware. That being (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: legOS
 
(...) Many software license agreements appear to forbid reverse engineerining, but there is considerable legal debate over whether the these licenses are actually binding. As for the copyright, there is legal precedent (at least in the U.S.) for (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  License agreement nuances
 
(...) But, if you read further, the License Agreement also says you may "use the Software on any single computer" and you may "use the Software on a second computer so long as the first and second computers are not used simultaneously". If the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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