Author: Bo Persson
Date: 12:06:17 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 00:36:30, Pallav Nawani wrote: >On February 15, 2005 at 20:48:56, Charles Roberson wrote: > >>On February 15, 2005 at 19:31:58, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On February 15, 2005 at 18:38:43, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>> >>>However, you can use the algorithms. Just not the code. What that means >>>exactly will differ somewhat (perhaps) due to personal opinions. >>> >> > >> Years ago, there was what some would call legal corporate theft. >> I suppose it still happens but I heard about in the 1980's far more > >If I recall correctly, this is not necessary. You can take an oppenents product >and take it apart to learn how it works, and then use the knowledge in your >products. I think this is legal in USA, and it is called 'reverse engineering'. You didn't even have to do that - IBM actually sold a 'Technical Reference Manual' complete with logic diagrams and a listing of the BIOS source! >This is how IBM's original chip design for motherboards was copied and the PCs >spread like wildfire. There were no IBM chip designs either, it was just off the shelf components from Intel, Motorola, NEC, Western Digital, and some TTL logic. That's it. Bo Persson
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