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From: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (James Chiu)
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Subject: Re: Rom3
Summary: Legality
Keywords: Copyrights
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.061208.15648@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 06:12:08 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.054454.24122@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> stuckey@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Anthony J. Stuckey) writes:
>unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>>In article <1991Jun18.034721.17665@cs.uow.edu.au> u9050728@cs.uow.edu.au (Shane Kelvin Richards) writes:
>>>	A question reguard legalities. A few have mentioned about throwing
>>>ROM3 Chips in a ROM1 GS via a card. And, Matt and Andy have cautioned us
>>>(correctly) about how the ROM3 Chips are NOT sold seperately. But what 
>>>about the situation (like my own), where I own 2 GS's. One is a older
>>>ROM1 and the second is a ROM3. Am I legally entitled to copy my ROM3 and
>>>insert them (using the modification) into my older GS.
>>	I am very very inclined to give a no answer to that question, although
>>I can't think of reasons.
>
I fear that I'll have to agree; Given that ROM is essentially software on
chip, it follows that there can only be a single copy operating on a single
computer at any one time, under ordinary software licensing agreements.
As much as I would like to say that 'since Apple provides no ROM upgrade
AT ALL it is ok...', laws governing this matter says otherwise.

>I would assume this to be ROM upgrade, and subject to whatever Apple's
>policies are.  I see _no_ difference between copying the roms yourself
>and doing this, and getting the proper channel stuff from  Apple.
>*other people disagree with me on this, I know, I have argued with them in the
>past.
>
>>	However, you DEFINITELY could not sell that "ROM1" GS with the copied
>>ROM 03 ROMs in it.
>
>Seconded.  pristine stating is often the only legal way to deal with these

Agreed.

>-- 
>Anthony J. Stuckey
>stuckey@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

-jc