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> And that could be used for good reasons — like people trying to create Windows emulating software on Macs, for example Not really. It violates the major prin
by shmerl 6y ago
> And that could be used for good reasons — like people trying to create Windows emulating software on Macs, for example
Not really. It violates the major principle of clean room reverse engineering. That's why Wine developers are strictly avoiding such kind of situations. It can taint the result with legal problems.
- gmiller123456 6y agoThe way the original IBM PC BIOS was rewritten was one team analyzed the code and documented what it did, and another team implemented it from the documentation. Having source code to start with helps with the first step.
- shmerl 6y agoThat sounds like a violation of that principle, but if original authors don't care, then no issue.