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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'; o

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 4y 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.

WastingMyTime89 4y 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.