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Re: [LUG] EFF sues apple

 

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Richard Brown wrote:
>>> 2009/5/2 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/27
>>>> Tom te tom te tom
>>>>
>>> I do believe whilst the offence might be considered minor and
>>> therefore worthy of a challenge doesn't this open up the obvious
>>> problem of posting an article about say making a bomb and driving it
>>> into some building to kill a load of people.
>> 1. Making your own explosives is not illegal..
>> 2. Learning to strap items down securely is not illegal..
>> 3. Learning to drive is not illegal..
> Ok not a very good example but according to American standards the
> offence is illegal. So by your response you must think Apple is right.

Reverse engineering things is not illegal
Writing software is not illegal
Documenting what you do is not illegal

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