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I'm not sure what you think is illegal about this. I suspect I'm either I'm coming at it from the wrong context, or I'm lacking in some info to fill in the gap
by kbenson 5y ago
I'm not sure what you think is illegal about this. I suspect I'm either I'm coming at it from the wrong context, or I'm lacking in some info to fill in the gaps to make me think the same, as otherwise reverse engineering a processor is well tread (and legally supported) ground to my knowledge
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- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThe problem is that they attained this by decrypting the microcode. That runs afoul of DMCA circumvention rules unless it can fall under an exempt activity.
- CogitoCogito 5y agoDoes Russia fall under the DMCA? That's where the developers seem to be located.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoGithub's servers aren't in Russia.
- no_time 5y agoGithub takes down the repo -> authors host it in a country whose copyright laws are not written by billion dollar companies. I wish all russians a great day. Allowing this mentality to take a foothold in other parts of the world would be a major loss to humanity as a whole.
- jacquesm 5y agoNo, the problem is that the DMCA potentially makes decrypting microcode illegal.