Originally Posted by
ReneT
Anyone who would build a transponder that does the same thing as a mylaps transponder is legit as long as they re-create what a mylaps transponder is doing, instead of tearing one apart and copying embedded software and the hardware. One is not allowed to crack/hack/copy/reverse engineer what mylaps is doing, but when you can create something yourself that does the same thing it's legal. Unless you have a patented "I have a small piece of hardware that is detected by a loop in a race track". That's how Dutch law works and since Mylaps is based there that's how it is. And hence they never sued MRT.
That might make sense except for one small detail. If you want a clone made you must send them your MyLaps pt. Why do you have to send them your pt? Why do all the transponders they sell use an existing MyLaps code, program whatever you want to call it? Could you possibly say they are copying that "embedded software" and not creating ther own codes, programs or whatever you call it? Why can't they create their own codes that would work with MyLaps decoders? Might be illegal?