From: Tristan Wibberley <bloater@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:47:57 +0000 (GMT)

RE: STB and S3 tech specs

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, David Waite wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: smaug@seqserv.seqnet.net [mailto:smaug@seqserv.seqnet.net]On
> > Behalf Of Sengan Baring-Gould
> >
> ---
> > Hmm... let me be very sceptical that they reverse engineered it from the
> > chip. Either that or it was a god-damn simple chip. If they did reverse
> > engineer it, I don't see why the .h file was such a help. As previously
> > stated: if you can hook into the kernel and see how it does stuff, you'll
> > be able to work out what the API is.
> 
> Right, except the license for the driver prohibits reverse engineering.
> Reverse engineer it, and you are liable to pay a few million once they get
> you in court.

That doesn't apply in Europe. Especially if you're given the driver
without being asked to agree to the license.

--
Tristan