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> I'm surprised they admitted to it - it's hardly "Clean Room".... "Clean Room" RE isn't always legally required.

• kimixa 10mo ago
  Not in RE, maybe, but directly viewing source isn't RE either.
  • messe 10mo ago
    > but directly viewing source isn't RE either. I'd argue that it is. I'd also argue that directly viewing the source doesn't mean you can't write a non-infringing driver. Unless the source is owned by Oracle, in which case, my hourly rate goes up 100x.
  • t-3 10mo ago
    The source and the machine code generated from it are logically equivalent (hopefully). Legality and effort required may be a different matter, but from a common-sense point of view there's little difference.