Re: backup disk format

Peter Nunn <pnunn_at_pncomputing.net> wrote in message news:<n8vqjvspl986ggg5r5cefrch9ovtlk6rjo_at_4ax.com>...
> Thanks Niall,
>
> but just think about this for a moment.
>
> I don't have any sort of license with Oracle. I have not in any way
> agreed to not reverse engineer their formats.
>
> So what if their proprietary? That jus means that their not published.
> If their secrete gets out or someone reverse engineers it, too bad.
>
> As long as their not patented and I don't use any of their code or see
> any of their code, how can I possibly be in legal hot water by
> cracking their formats? That makes no sense at all.

Well, you better be darn sure it's not patented!

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=Oracle&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=ptxt

Also, you might search the web for UCITA, such as it is, and if you think not being in the US will help, hahahaha! Unless, of course, you are in one of the various People's Republics, where the US might be the least of your worries.

Then there are the companies that specialize in going after stolen industrial trade secrets, and don't feel they have to worry so much about _your_ rights.

There's a reason most CEO's are lawyers.

>
> Peter.
>
>
> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:
>
> >At least in the case of Oracle and Microsoft you will find that their
> >lawyers jump on you if you are at all successful. The binary formats they
> >use are proprietory.

jg

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