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In <slrn6993cv.ssb.mib@triton.its.deakin.edu.au> mib@deakin.edu.au (Mike Battersby) writes:

>I believe (and this is the crux of the matter), that GDI is a Microsoft
>standard, and you have to (a) pay for the specification and (b) sign
>an NDA.  You probably *could* develop your own ghostscript driver, but
>you wouldn't be able to share it with anyone else.  It's infinitely
>better just not to buy GDI printers.

Under what law? If it is a trade secret, you are allowed to discover the
secret by reverse engineering, and do whatever you want with it. (That
is the problem with trade secrets, they can become not secrets-- your
oly protection is that secrecy which you have to maintain. some
jurisdictions may come down hard on you if you use illegal means to
reveal the secret, but reverse engineering, as far as I know, is not one
of them-- Unless of course you sign a non-disclosure agreement, in which
case they can get you for that. Howevr, you have to actually sign such a
agreement. It cannot be imposed on you.)