> RE to me is not, and has never been, a bad noun/verb though I often see others frowning upon it. Perhaps because it was associated with breaking proprietary

> RE to me is not, and has never been, a bad noun/verb though I often see others frowning upon it. Perhaps because it was associated with breaking proprietary software and people still retain this image. At the moment, the department where I work is officially called "Reverse Engineering Department" and I see nothing wrong or illegal in the work I do.