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>Which country laws does apply? At the very least, Intel owns the copyright on this material, so sharing it is a copyright violation in any country that is a s

>Which country laws does apply? At the very least, Intel owns the copyright on this material, so sharing it is a copyright violation in any country that is a signatory to the Berne Convention or the TRIPS Agreement, which is effectively almost the entire planet. Then you have to add Trade Secret laws on top of that, which will have slightly narrower jurisdiction but still impact a lot of countries. There are very few places on earth where you would not be facing any legal trouble whatsoever for releasing this material.

dathinab 6y ago
But that only matters if given country also prosecute you effectively. You probably find quite a bunch of countries where it's illegal but not prosecuted. Through I only know if Russia.
mindfulhack 6y ago
Interesting info! Here's a good list of potential candidate countries which are neither in Berne Convention nor TRIPS Agreement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_countries_and_regions_that_are_not_signatories_to_the_Berne_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_count... It may take effort and money to be protected, e.g. setting up a legal entity in that country which takes full responsibility and you cannot be legally forcibly unmasked as being a proprietor, and other local laws may need to be fully checked out to explore other risks. Nothing is a guarantee and perfection doesn't exist but it's fun to explore these legal layers.
drudru11 6y ago
Hi msbarnett: sorry unrelated to this thread. In an older thread you mention an acronym TFA. The thread was a discussion on sparse files and removing bytes from the front of a file. What is TFA?
- msbarnett 6y ago
  If you’re referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301, it stands for “The Fucking Article” as in http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html
  - drudru11 6y ago
    Haha - thanks :-) I thought it was an abbreviation for some special tome on Operating Systems design.

dathinab 6y ago

But that only matters if given country also prosecute you effectively. You probably find quite a bunch of countries where it's illegal but not prosecuted. Through I only know if Russia.

mindfulhack 6y ago

Interesting info! Here's a good list of potential candidate countries which are neither in Berne Convention nor TRIPS Agreement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_countries_and_regions_that_are_not_signatories_to_the_Berne_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_count... It may take effort and money to be protected, e.g. setting up a legal entity in that country which takes full responsibility and you cannot be legally forcibly unmasked as being a proprietor, and other local laws may need to be fully checked out to explore other risks. Nothing is a guarantee and perfection doesn't exist but it's fun to explore these legal layers.

drudru11 6y ago

Hi msbarnett: sorry unrelated to this thread. In an older thread you mention an acronym TFA. The thread was a discussion on sparse files and removing bytes from the front of a file. What is TFA?

msbarnett 6y ago
If you’re referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301, it stands for “The Fucking Article” as in http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html
- drudru11 6y ago
  Haha - thanks :-) I thought it was an abbreviation for some special tome on Operating Systems design.