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But, can I effectively threaten all similar competition by having a reverse engineering clause in my EULA?
by mattnewton 9y ago
But, can I effectively threaten all similar competition by having a reverse engineering clause in my EULA?
- swsieber 9y agoThis, I believe, is why everybody is in an uproar over this decision. You put it very succinctly.
- rcthompson 9y agoNot unless they bought your product and agreed to your EULA.
- mattnewton 9y agoBut what if I’m a new social network - do I have to hire engineers who aren’t on Facebook if they have no reverse engineering in their EULA? I’m worrried about it being yet another legal tool to bludgeon small companies with.
- rcthompson 9y agoThat's a good point. For products that "everyone" uses, it seems to give the companies behind those products more power. And further empowering larger companies to go after smaller ones doesn't seem like a good change.
- abhi3 9y agoYour competition should read the EULA and if they were purchasing it with the intent of reverse engineering it then they should abort that purchase.