Sequoia Voting Systems is threatening two Princeton scientists who plan to take apart Sequoia voting machines and examine their software. The company has hired counsel and says it is copyright infringement and breach of contract to see what happens behind the curtain (so to speak).
Read more in "Wired campus: E-voting vendor threatens Princeton computer scientists with legal action," by Andrea L. Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education 3/18/08
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sequoia Says "Don't Tear Us Apart!"
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Is it copyright infringement to know -- or only if one uses someone else's idea for one's self? Or -- don't the people have the right to substantiate the mechanisms by which we vote and as long as they aren't attempting to copy anything, seems to me it is pretty clear. I could even see the argument that the Princeton people are entitled to dissect and verify for themselves, but not entitled to relaes the information about the product -- only to relase their conclusions. Then we would judge their conclusions by their credibility -- right?
I agree with you -- once you've sold something you can't really regulate what people do with it, as far as taking it apart. Good point on releasing conclusions as opposed to proprietary information.
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