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They could argue that by viewing the copyrighted code/implementation, you could effectively infringe by (even subconsciously) writing the same/similar code. Th

• stavros 3y ago
  Ah, so it's not the act of disassembling that's the problem, but that you're infringing on the original code's copyright? That makes sense, thank you.
  • angus-prune 3y ago
    You may have come across this concept already, but this is where clean rooms come in. One person views the "contaminated" decompiled code and writes a specification. A separate person writes the code based solely on the specification. This is an accepted method of demonstrating that there is no infringement.
    • stavros 3y ago
      Yep, I knew of clean-room reimplementations, I was just wondering whether decompiling is somehow in itself illegal.
  • 6502nerdface 3y ago
    But disassembling/decompiling doesn't give you anything like the original code!
    • stavros 3y ago
      That kind of depends on the language, but it's a fair point. I think it might only matter that the general algorithm/solution is the same, not the lines of text themselves.
    • aidenn0 3y ago
      It gives you a derivative work of the original code