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That's unfortunate and doesn't fit my understanding of the situation - is disassembling a binary not fair game, in the same way that Samsung buying an iPhone an
by ClassyJacket 9y ago
That's unfortunate and doesn't fit my understanding of the situation - is disassembling a binary not fair game, in the same way that Samsung buying an iPhone and cracking it open is? (Assuming we're worried about copyright and not patents).
- krylon 9y agoIANAL, but as far as I understand the situation it is not. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall#Reverse_engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall#Reverse_engineeri... But IIUC, clean room reverse engineering requires substantial effort to prove you did not take any shortcuts.