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From: tom@Mills.berkeley.edu (tom erbe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Jos Vermaseren - Posting GEMDOS ... (illegality)
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Date: 7 Jul 88 20:54:59 GMT
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Greg Onufer writes:

"Write a program to output the assembly (with labels, comments, etc)
"but using the contents of the ROM to produce the actual assembler
"code.  Everybody who bought an ST has the ROMs (maybe a few people
"still loading from disk?).... their ROMs plus labels and comments
"doesn't constitute a crime, does it?

But when one uses this program, one is copying the ROMs.  Does the software
license from Atari (is there one?) governing the system software allow
making copies for one's personal use?  If it does, then this program should
be legal.  If not, well, forget it.

Tom Erbe-Technical Director-Center for Contemporary Music-Mills College
         tom@mills.berkeley.edu   -or-   tom@jiff.berkeley.edu