Comment on FPGA PS1 Teased By MiSTer Pi Creator Ahead Of PlayStation's 30th Anniversary | Time Extension
v1605@lemmy.world 1 month agoFull reverse engineering, using any plans or leaks from Sony would put them in legal trouble.
Comment on FPGA PS1 Teased By MiSTer Pi Creator Ahead Of PlayStation's 30th Anniversary | Time Extension
v1605@lemmy.world 1 month agoFull reverse engineering, using any plans or leaks from Sony would put them in legal trouble.
xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
If they can prove clean room isolation, it’s also legal for a team to document the plans in detailed technical language and another team to implement from the documentation (provided to them via an intermediary not involved in either effort).
This is how the IBM BIOS was replicated by Compaq for its line of “IBM-compatible” PCs.
v1605@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And why the Franklin Ace 1200 lost in court to Apple, copied Roms.