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"It is straightforwardly illegal to decompile source code, recompile it, and the distribute the recompiled binary." According to what? If the rules are so poor
by hd4 3y ago
"It is straightforwardly illegal to decompile source code, recompile it, and the distribute the recompiled binary."
According to what? If the rules are so poorly defined that way then maybe it's not a bad thing to disregard them.
Because simply decompiling source code and then recompiling it isn't a simple one-step thing in the way you suggest, not even close.
- throwaway290 3y agoNext you will suggest that stealing original artwork and laundering copyright through generative art ML systems is not illegal...
- kevinmchugh 3y agoIt's the distribution step that's illegal, since you don't own the original binary. If you can't distribute the original binary, why can you distribute a modified version of it? If you wrote a bash script which decompiled and recompiled the original binary, that would be your property to distribute as you like
- immibis 3y agoDecompilation is also illegal in broken countries (which is most of them)
- ungamedplayer 3y agoI find this hard to believe..