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<H1>Re: CanoScan FB630U</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Randolph Bentson (<A HREF="mailto:bentson@grieg.holmsjoen.com?Subject=Re:%20CanoScan%20FB630U&In-Reply-To=&lt;20010301170552.C3389@grieg.holmsjoen.com&gt;"><EM>bentson@grieg.holmsjoen.com</EM></A>)<BR>
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On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:48:12PM +0000, Simon Heywood wrote:
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<EM>&gt; I proceeded to discuss the merits of open source drivers and defended my
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<EM>&gt; opinion that releasing programming specs hardly constituted an invitation
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<EM>&gt; for industrial espionage, to which he seemed to broadly agree with, even
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<EM>&gt; if his managers didn't.
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<P>I once negotiated a NDA with the following term:
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&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that programs (commonly called &quot;drivers&quot;)
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&nbsp;&nbsp;developed for the access and control of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and
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&nbsp;&nbsp;other devices and derived from proprietary information in the
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&nbsp;&nbsp;form of programmer reference manuals may be released to the
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&nbsp;&nbsp;general public in both binary and source form.
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