Message-Id: <3.0.1.16.19980814155829.2ccf077e@shadow.net> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:58:29 To: wagray AT taz DOT dra DOT hmg DOT gb From: Ralph Proctor Subject: Re: Disassembly Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: <6r1ko5$ap9$1@trog.dra.hmg.gb> References: <199808101645 DOT MAA09421 AT delorie DOT com> <3 DOT 0 DOT 1 DOT 16 DOT 19980813115148 DOT 1a87e582 AT shadow DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: bulk At 03:22 PM 8/14/98 GMT, you wrote: >In principle a jury might agree that DJ had suffered mental anguish >at the thought of you disassembling his code, and they might put >a (substantial) cash value on that anguish, so you're not home free >yet. Try to avoid causing DJ any mental anguish. > >In fact, I would suffer mental anguish wondering why you disassemble >when the sources are available under the "GNU" system. Good point. I was thinking of code we PAY for. Sure, we have plenty to work with--I see that. I was only thinking maybe what was once a "good thing" is now a "bad thing". That's all. It's like, well like this: "Toto, it looks like we're not in Kansas anymore." Like we're warped out into cyberspace. Oh, we can live with it. I'll just say one thing more and I promise to shut up. If I were Bill Gates or somebody like that I would be glad to have some hacker write me and say, "I just looked into your Windows code and did this ....... and this...... and it fixed the problem. Try it." Silence, Ralph > >Walter > >Disclaimer: My employer is not responsible for this stuff. >