On 27/05/2010 15:44, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
On 05/27/10 16:06, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
Please do not sent excerpts of closed licensed material to this mailing list.
Wouldn't strings somefile.rom be fair use? With the limited output it generates anyway; It is a thin line I suppose, I'll agree with that, I didn't realize giving some general information about the system crossed that line ... more specifically what information would be ok to help identify and what info would be crossing it. What about a wiki page, would it be allowed to live on there?
I was wondering about this when I saw the original e-mail. Strings aren't code, are they? Are strings copyright? Trademarked? What about posting a screen-shot of a BIOS setup screen? That would contain some of them. How about a photo of a motherboard which contains copyright/trademarked names/logos?
Yes, lots of questions and no answers. I suppose it depends which laws of which countries you care about. :)
If I wasn't sure I would probably post a URL to the list, linking to whatever it was I wanted to share.