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It's definitely legal in Russia to decompile something for the purpose of interoperability. Though you do have to remember that this is Russia, and the interpre

It's definitely legal in Russia to decompile something for the purpose of interoperability. Though you do have to remember that this is Russia, and the interpretation of laws changes depending on who and how rich you are.

hansel_der 5y ago
> this is Russia, and the interpretation of laws changes depending on who and how rich you are. show one legislation where this is not true
- kortilla 5y ago
  Lots of western countries, including the US. The way rich people end up exploiting the legal system in the US is not a different interpretation of the laws. Corruption is not yet prevalent enough that a rich person can get away with murder by bribing judges/prosecutors to interpret the laws differently.
  - hansel_der 5y ago
    i kind of get what you want to say and admire your trust in humanity, but on the other hand am certain that there have been cases of murder that were "bribed away" in any country. "steal a million dollars and you go to jail, steal a billion dollars and they name a business shool after you"
  - cto_of_antifa 5y ago
    Right; rich people and corporations exploit the law by funding lobbying and pacs that write loopholes into legislation, instead of the direct corruption you see with Eastern oligarchs. It's an important distinction
yariik 5y ago
Nobody ever in Russia gets prosecuted for doing anything to any software for their own personal use. And actually there's been very few cases when someone was prosecuted let's say for using pirated software for their business. A couple of guys got unlucky and that's basically it. And this is how it should be everywhere, the copyright model was beneficial for the society maybe up until 300 years ago. Today, the whole copyright thing is bizarre.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  > the copyright model was beneficial for the society maybe up until 300 years ago. The copyright model is more recent than 300 years ago. It cannot have provided any benefit to any party before then.

hansel_der 5y ago

> this is Russia, and the interpretation of laws changes depending on who and how rich you are. show one legislation where this is not true

kortilla 5y ago
Lots of western countries, including the US. The way rich people end up exploiting the legal system in the US is not a different interpretation of the laws. Corruption is not yet prevalent enough that a rich person can get away with murder by bribing judges/prosecutors to interpret the laws differently.
- hansel_der 5y ago
  i kind of get what you want to say and admire your trust in humanity, but on the other hand am certain that there have been cases of murder that were "bribed away" in any country. "steal a million dollars and you go to jail, steal a billion dollars and they name a business shool after you"
- cto_of_antifa 5y ago
  Right; rich people and corporations exploit the law by funding lobbying and pacs that write loopholes into legislation, instead of the direct corruption you see with Eastern oligarchs. It's an important distinction

yariik 5y ago

Nobody ever in Russia gets prosecuted for doing anything to any software for their own personal use. And actually there's been very few cases when someone was prosecuted let's say for using pirated software for their business. A couple of guys got unlucky and that's basically it. And this is how it should be everywhere, the copyright model was beneficial for the society maybe up until 300 years ago. Today, the whole copyright thing is bizarre.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> the copyright model was beneficial for the society maybe up until 300 years ago. The copyright model is more recent than 300 years ago. It cannot have provided any benefit to any party before then.