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> If to do that you would had to dissasembly the ROM of the Nintendo 64, or of some protection routine in the game, or you were writing an emulator (i.e. anothe

> If to do that you would had to dissasembly the ROM of the Nintendo 64, or of some protection routine in the game, or you were writing an emulator (i.e. another program to interoperate with), it _may_ have been fair game. However looking at the code of the very game you intend to create clones of is not going to fly in any jurisdiction I know of. I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that. Because if you have nothing to quote, giving your opinion very forcefully doesn’t magically make it more than your opinion. Armchair layers are in full swing today. I am very curious to know how all of you know so well where the border between what is and isn’t acceptable is.

AshamedCaptain 3y ago
So: on one side we have the opinions of the people who create and defend open source software licenses, and of the majority of the software industry 'per se'; on the other side we have the opinion of a single videogames reporter who apparently believes there exists a magical piece of software called a 'decompiler' where: in comes all kinds of copyright encumbered software, and out comes clean, free-from-restrictions source code you are free to redistribute to anyone without any authorization whatsoever. Yes, sorry if I tend to at least initially trust the opinion that does not _completely_ destroy all software licenses in place today. This is a forum where software developers comprise a large % of the audience. > "I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that." I say that if I castrate people without their consent it is OK, as long as I only do it using properly sterilized scalpels in accordance to current medical practice. You say I can't. I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that.
- WastingMyTime89 3y ago
  > So: on one side we have the opinions of the people who create and defend open source software licenses, and of the majority of the software industry 'per se'; on the other side we have the opinion of a single videogames reporter who apparently believes there exists a magical piece of software called a 'decompiler' where: in comes all kinds of copyright encumbered software, and out comes clean, free-from-restrictions source code you are free to redistribute to anyone without any authorization whatsoever. You have nothing. I am not aware of this precise subject having been put to the court ever and the law is far from clear. Contrary to you, I'm not pretending to be a subject expert on things I know nothing about. > I say that if I castrate people without their consent it is OK, as long as I only do it using properly sterilized scalpels in accordance to current medical practice. You say I can't. I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that. I'm not even going to entertain this level of ridiculousness.

AshamedCaptain 3y ago

So: on one side we have the opinions of the people who create and defend open source software licenses, and of the majority of the software industry 'per se'; on the other side we have the opinion of a single videogames reporter who apparently believes there exists a magical piece of software called a 'decompiler' where: in comes all kinds of copyright encumbered software, and out comes clean, free-from-restrictions source code you are free to redistribute to anyone without any authorization whatsoever. Yes, sorry if I tend to at least initially trust the opinion that does not _completely_ destroy all software licenses in place today. This is a forum where software developers comprise a large % of the audience. > "I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that." I say that if I castrate people without their consent it is OK, as long as I only do it using properly sterilized scalpels in accordance to current medical practice. You say I can't. I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that.

WastingMyTime89 3y ago
> So: on one side we have the opinions of the people who create and defend open source software licenses, and of the majority of the software industry 'per se'; on the other side we have the opinion of a single videogames reporter who apparently believes there exists a magical piece of software called a 'decompiler' where: in comes all kinds of copyright encumbered software, and out comes clean, free-from-restrictions source code you are free to redistribute to anyone without any authorization whatsoever. You have nothing. I am not aware of this precise subject having been put to the court ever and the law is far from clear. Contrary to you, I'm not pretending to be a subject expert on things I know nothing about. > I say that if I castrate people without their consent it is OK, as long as I only do it using properly sterilized scalpels in accordance to current medical practice. You say I can't. I am eagerly awaiting the jurisprudence supporting that. I'm not even going to entertain this level of ridiculousness.