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<title>sane-devel: Re: Scanace NDA for your perusal.</title>
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<h1>Re: Scanace NDA for your perusal.</h1>
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<b>Hugo van der Kooij</b> (<a href="mailto:hvdkooij@caiw.nl"><i>hvdkooij@caiw.nl</i></a>)<br>
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<i>Sat, 6 Jun 1998 20:40:09 +0200 (CEST)</i>
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<li> <b>Next message:</b> <a href="0052.html">charter@cs.ualberta.ca: "Re: SANE options"</a>
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<li> <b>Previous message:</b> <a href="0050.html">Dave Restall - System Administrator: "Scanace NDA for your perusal."</a>
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<li> <b>In reply to:</b> <a href="0050.html">Dave Restall - System Administrator: "Scanace NDA for your perusal."</a>
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On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Dave Restall - System Administrator wrote:<br>
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<i>> Hi,</i><br>
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<i>> Attached is the NDA in PDF format. Apart from it having a few minor</i><br>
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<i>> problems in the translation to English, it seems ok. I have a few</i><br>
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<i>> reservations about one of the phrases :-</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Paragraph 2 : "...Confidant will not create new or derivative works, or</i><br>
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<i>> manufacture on the basis of the PIE information"</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Isn't the driver a "derivative work" ?</i><br>
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YES. In the sense that you 'manufacture' a driver based on the PIE<br>
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information. The best source for this is still their legal department.<br>
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Make a small list of questions they only have to answer with Yes or No and<br>
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let them sort it out.<br>
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The questions that pop up are:<br>
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1. May a driver be developed based on this information?<br>
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2. May a third party use this driver without the author of the driver<br>
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informing PIE or have that third party sign a similar NDA agreement?<br>
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3. May a third party have access to source code of this driver without<br>
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the author of that driver informing PIE or have that third party sign a<br>
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similar NDA agreement?<br>
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Which basicly comes down to:<br>
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May a driver be written based on the PIE documentation and may the driver<br>
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be put under the GNU Public License?<br>
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A copy of the GPL should be send to them as well so they may study the<br>
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GPL. Also point out to them that Adaptec, Diamond and Matrox are examples<br>
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of companies that have stopped their ridicules NDA's and allowed<br>
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information to flow freely to the authors of drivers which in turn have<br>
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put these drivers under GPL. (Mind that Adaptec is just converted last<br>
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week to this policy.) All of these companies have been informed of loss of<br>
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sale because no drivers could be written uder the GPL.<br>
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Hugo.<br>
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+------------------------+------------------------------+<br>
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<i> | Hugo van der Kooij | <a href="mailto:Hugo.van.der.Kooij@caiw.nl">Hugo.van.der.Kooij@caiw.nl</a> |</i><br>
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<i> | Oranje Nassaustraat 16 | <a href="http://www.caiw.nl/~hvdkooij">http://www.caiw.nl/~hvdkooij</a> |</i><br>
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<i> | 3155 VJ Maasland | (De man met de rode hoed) |</i><br>
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