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Isn't decompiling illegal in the US?

• densh 2y ago
  But is it illegal to provide tools for decompilation? As in shooting people is illegal, but selling guns is not.
  • s_dev 2y ago
    Shooting people is not illegal in the US -- I'm not sure this is the best analogy or there will be huge limitations when discussing decompilation efforts. Plenty of people are shot or killed lawfully with firearms.
    • omegacharlie 2y ago
      I doubt that will happen for a tool with an arbitrary usecase of assisting in research however some projects related to reverse-engineering have been censored under the DMCA takedown regime.
• zerr 2y ago
  It's usually against EULA, but that has nothing to do with the law, no?