At 06:15 AM 9/5/2001 -0600, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR-R wrote:
>Mr. Atmar, et al.:
>
>     Several people have written me directly to comment on my comments to
>you. So, let me address several of the issues you raise in your short
>epistle.

I believe that creating software that emulates either the HP3000 Classic or
PA-RISC (or IA-64) is an interesting intellectual exercise.  I don't
believe that there is anything illegal about it.  I also agree with Alan
Yeo that I would rather see the energy spent on something more readily useful.

The legal problems arise after you have the emulator.  HP will come after
you "hammer and tong" (a legal expression) in the event that you then move
any of their machine code (object or program files) onto a box that is not
licensed by HP.  Even if you believe that you are not violating HP's
intellectual property rights, beware that HP has a history of aggressively
defending there IPR and you are not likely to survive the legal battle
(right or wrong).  Several of us can give you references offline.

For a simple example of what someone with shallower pockets than HP can do,
go to Google.com and enter the two words "Triolet" and "Delrina".



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