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Re: server hardware



>> well... ok, rephrase: it is illegal to sell a CPU after unauthorized
>> modification ("add" SMP ability, overclocking). when you are the end user,
>> fuck with it all you like.
>
>Beg pardon, you can sell them however you please, including ground down to
>sand in a plasic bag, as long as you do not claim they are Pentiums or
>even remotely come from Intel.
>
>Once you aquire property, as opposed to leasing it, it is yours, and there
>exists no law that can stop you from selling it on, as long as you pay the
>taxes involved and find a buyer, at least not in a capitalist society. Ok,
>weapons, and certain substances work differently but that is another
>issue.
>
>Also, no-one can stop you from providing this as a Pentium
>socket and software compatible processor, as long as you don't involve
>Intel and the Pentium name in any way.

A recent USA HR legislation adopts a WIPO recommendation, in such a way
that, for example, owning a piece of binary code will not allow you do
decrypt it, reverse engineer it, or bypass any installed protection measures.
(See HR 2281).

So much of "property ownership" :-(

(This probably does not apply to the Pentium modification - although
I can't be sure - but to the general statement quoted above).

Doron Shikmoni