to non-answer my own question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering#United_Sta...

to non-answer my own question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering#United_Sta... not sure now. maybe, maybe not.