Post by thread:[OT]: Interesting boast

> I've just browsed to the website of http://www.bomarc.org they > draw schematics from PCBs (Benign reverse engineering?) Would you by a circuit from this man? Specially when he publishes thew transmitter of a "home handcuff" as one of his sample circuits. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList spam_OUTpiclist-unsubscribe-requestTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

> Would you by a circuit from this man? I might. Not sure if I'd shake his hand though. Not ungloved anyway -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu

cdb wrote: > > I've just browsed to the website of http://www.bomarc.org they draw schematics from PCBs (Benign reverse engineering?). > > They boast that they are "On The foreskin of Technology" > Sounds like they've stepped on it to me. Dave -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspammitvma.mit.edu

Can this be legal? -----Original Message----- I've just browsed to the website of http://www.bomarc.org they draw schematics from PCBs (Benign reverse engineering?). -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList .....piclist-unsubscribe-requestKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu

At 09:40 PM 1/21/02 +0100, Claudio Tagliola wrote: >Can this be legal? Probably. You buy the board, you have every right to look at it, and work out the schematic from the traces. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList EraseMEpiclist-unsubscribe-requestspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu

David VanHorn wrote: > > At 09:40 PM 1/21/02 +0100, Claudio Tagliola wrote: > >Can this be legal? > > Probably. You buy the board, you have every right to look at it, and work > out the schematic from the traces. Unless you're in the US where we have to deal with the DMCA. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

> > Can this be legal? > Probably. You buy the board, you have every right to look at it, and > work out the schematic from the traces. I know, you can't stop that (legally speaking), but to sell your findings in an almost ready-to-assemble format... There is copyright on design, isn't it? Claudio -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics