is it legal to write device drivers for hardwares which are not your own manufactured?

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is it legal to write device drivers for hardwares which are not your own manufactured?

2007-12-23 03:53:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software

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Yes.

As long as you do not try and pass them off as "official", or as coming from the manufacturer.

There are many third-party drivers for various devices. And this is especially true for the Linux OS.

2007-12-23 04:01:00 · answer #1 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes. In fact, in the early days of MS-DOS I had to write my own printer driver for an obscure word processing package.

2007-12-23 04:05:41 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

that depends , a filter driver is not illegal .

2007-12-23 04:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by iulian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋