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It appears from the comments here that just disassembling the nvidia code would NOT be a violation? it seems that only disassembling to use in a compatibility l
by mech422 3y ago
It appears from the comments here that just disassembling the nvidia code would NOT be a violation? it seems that only disassembling to use in a compatibility layer would be ?
I believe, this 2 stage/project system was how DeCSS for DVDs worked? Someone cracked it and posted the code, which could them be picked up/used by others as it was 'public knowledge' or some such ??
- AstralStorm 3y agoIt is already prohibited on copyright grounds. They put the extra clause to "close" some of the reverse engineering provisions not covered.
- loup-vaillant 3y agoCopyright grounds? Copying stuff can violate copyright, but documenting stuff? No no no, you'd need a specific law to prevent disclosing of information. Maybe misappropriation of trade secrets?
- mech422 3y agoI thought in the EU, reversing is (was?) expressly allowed for 'interoperability' - so if someone in EU reversed something and published it...others could then use it as it was 'public knowlege' ?
- justinclift 3y ago> It is already prohibited on copyright grounds. What makes you think that?