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it tends to be hard to reverse engineer something with an explicit agreement that if you use it, you will not reverse it or at least, that was the fear at the
by neverdied 3y ago
it tends to be hard to reverse engineer something with an explicit agreement that if you use it, you will not reverse it
or at least, that was the fear at the time
so, imagine making a program like gnash, without installing flash
as it turned out, adobe never could actually enforce such a thing, but that didn't stop gnash from absolutely turning into a ghost town
memory is a bit hazy, but thats the gist I got back then
they were so careful, they buried the project, well done
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoOh, you mean they were careful about licensing on the in side, not the output side. I wouldn't call it "anal" to want to avoid lawsuits. Edit: You can't edit in > as it turned out, adobe never could actually enforce such a thing, and not explain it - did the courts change their whole view of reverse engineering or something?