Re: [OpenBIOS] BIOS debug codes.

[Ross]

I am not a lawyer and do not give legal advice.
I have a little back ground in law as well if you.
I would suggest if you post this on the web as microsoft
with the copywright and do not charge for this info there
should not be any problem its just FYI as in all of the
PCI spec etc. These have copywright on them there
are portions all of these specs allo ver the web.
thats my .02 cents.

//Ross

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> From: M Carling 
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] BIOS debug codes.
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 7:08 AM
> > Does anyone have any opinions on the legality aspect of posting this

info?
> I am not a lawyer and do not give legal advice, however, I have lectured
> at Stanford law school, and we might not have any lawyers on the list.
>
> I would feel comfortable posting it if there were not a Copyright notice
> which applied in the jurisdiction in which I were typing.  If there were
> a Copyright notice and I really wanted to post it, I would write a review
> of it, and quote from it for review purposes.
>
> M
>
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BIOS debug codes.

[Edward Brotsman Dreger]

Nor am I a lawyer... but the worst-case scenario of which I've heard is
for an organization to claim "statutory damages", even if no fee is
charged to the end-users.

Of course, distribution might be considered public performance of a
copyrighted work.

Now, how actual damages can be claimed, I don't know.  Common sense tells
me that information would be free publicity and a plus for the original
source -- e.g., I love the port 80h codes listed in my Epox MVP3G manual!
Thank you Epox! -- not a damage.

Alas, I am trying to be logical.  Did I mention that I'm not a lawyer?

*shrug*

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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ross wrote:
> I am not a lawyer and do not give legal advice.
> I have a little back ground in law as well if you.
> I would suggest if you post this on the web as microsoft
> with the copywright and do not charge for this info there
> should not be any problem its just FYI as in all of the
> PCI spec etc. These have copywright on them there
> are portions all of these specs allo ver the web.
> thats my .02 cents.
>
> //Ross
> > From: M Carling 
> > To: [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] BIOS debug codes.
> > Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 7:08 AM
> > > Does anyone have any opinions on the legality aspect of posting this
>
> info?
> > I am not a lawyer and do not give legal advice, however, I have lectured
> > at Stanford law school, and we might not have any lawyers on the list.
> >
> > I would feel comfortable posting it if there were not a Copyright notice
> > which applied in the jurisdiction in which I were typing.  If there were
> > a Copyright notice and I really wanted to post it, I would write a review
> > of it, and quote from it for review purposes.
> >
> > M
> >
> > To unsubscribe: send mail to [e-mail]
> > with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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