[DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical Linux.

[Kyle]

joshknnd1982 at gmail.com asked:
> Ok then why is it that when I asked Deane Blazie on  facebook about
> reverse-engineering the braille n speak software he told me he does not
> care?


This is because the hardware is abandoned. I would say that the braille 
'n speak hardware and ROM can probably be classified as abandonware. In 
this case, reverse engineering is most likely legal. Direct use of the 
source code if available, especially if it runs natively, probably would 
not be legal without a proper license statement granting permission to 
possess and use the software or its source code. I'm not a lawyer by any 
stretch, but this explanation would seem to make sense from my 
understanding of the law.

~Kyle