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>Note that it supposes that the first team has access to the specification, source code, or any IP-encumbered indication about how the software in question work
by cooldeal 15y ago
>Note that it supposes that the first team has access to the specification, source code, or any IP-encumbered indication about how the software in question works. In the case of Skype, the only public information we have is the binary.
So what? That's not a valid excuse to distribute modified binaries to the public. If the "first" team wants to look at binaries to do their documentation, they can download the official Skype client from skype.com. Why do they need to download a hacked binary from Github?
- Iv 15y agoWell this decisions effectively forbids the "team A" of a clean room process to operate in the regular open source mode of distributed and public development. I understand the rationale behind it, I think it is wrong and has bad implications for the future.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoYou are aware that clean room development is about protection from legal problems, not about solving the problem as efficiently as possible, right?