🚀 go-pugleaf

In <34946D61.4D41FF0C@cqu.edu.au> Ralph Pengelly <r.pengelly@cqu.edu.au> writes:


>General Points:
>As for suggestions of the possibility of signing a non-disclosure
>agreement, forget it; I would rather continue reverse engineering the
>codes (Yes, I am aware that this may be illegal, but I payed for the
>machine and I intend to make full use of it).

As far as I know, reverse engineering is NOT illegal. In fact I believe
that there have been court cases upholding the right to reverse
engineer products. (Note that I am not a lawyer, and laws may differ
from place to place.)

>As for my foolishness in buying the printer without research, yes, in
>hindsight it may seem that way. However, the special price on offer,
>with some bundled software that my wife wanted, made it a very
>attractive machine.

>I doubt that blacklisting (even if possible) would have any effect.
>Let's not have any delusions; Linux users represent a very small part of
>the hardware market, both in number of installations, and in dollar
>terms; particularly in dollar terms.

>I am bowing out of any general discussion of this issue. If anybody
>wishes to discuss the technical aspects of this challenge, please email
>me personally.
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