What kind of techniques can I legally use to discover if a pr oduc t really is violating some (L)GPL code ?

Hendrik Weimer hendrik at enyo.de
Fri Oct 24 20:57:58 CEST 2008


Peter Roozemaal <mathfox at xs4all.nl> writes:

> Diamant-Berger, Antoine wrote:
>
>> You say that the EULA is the one that would restrict
>> reverse-engineering, but at which point does it take effect? If I
>> don't install the software and only look at it from the "outside", do
>>  you think it still is binding?
>
> Copyright law will prohibit you from disclosing disassembly listings
> without permission of the copyright owner.

Wouldn't that rather be a quotation, which is allowed under the Berne
convention?

Hendrik




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