[volt-nuts] Keithley 2001 Multimeter Fault

[Chuck Harris]

Hi John,

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act aka DMCA, makes it illegal
to decode, disassemble, or decompile any protected work.  So
basically, if you take a piece of software, or hardware and
figure out how it works, you have probably violated the DMCA.

Everything is illegal these days.

-Chuck Harris

J. Forster wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> " in some cases illegal "
> 
> How do you figure that?
> 
> Best,
> -John
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>> Because of the extreme number of patents, and the broad way
>> in which they are written, the probability is very high that
>> any electronic device made is infringing on at least one patent.
>>
>> If companies behave as good corporate citizens, and put out
>> their schematics, source code, and other documentation, they
>> are essentially begging to be sued for patent infringement.
>>
>> If they keep the schematics and other documentation as a
>> closely held secret, it makes it much harder, and in some cases
>> illegal, to find out if they have infringed your patents.
>>
>> Innovation through litigation!
>>
>> -Chuck Harris
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