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The latter will become MIT sooner or later with Ghidra plus LLM-assisted reverse engineering. https://reorchestrate.com/posts/your-binary-is-no-longer-safe-dec

by pabs3 7mo ago

The latter will become MIT sooner or later with Ghidra plus LLM-assisted reverse engineering. https://reorchestrate.com/posts/your-binary-is-no-longer-safe-decompilation/ https://reorchestrate.com/posts/your-binary-is-no-longer-saf... https://reorchestrate.com/posts/your-binary-is-no-longer-safe-conversion/ https://reorchestrate.com/posts/your-binary-is-no-longer-saf... Even SaaSS isn't safe from that type of process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259485

visarga 7mo ago
If you got access to a working prototype of a software, you can use it for differential testing. So you got unlimited tests for free.
galaxyLogic 7mo ago
We will need ... software patents!
- ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
  No, lawyers will want software patents as that's the only group that would benefit from them, apart from large litigation-happy companies that want to squash any competition.
  - galaxyLogic 7mo ago
    Not sure I can follow your reasoning. Wouldn't the developer of the software who got a patent for an invention embodied in the software she developed benefit as well?
    - ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
      Not if the developer is employed at the time as contracts will usually mean that the company owns the patents, even if the developer was working on their own time. The bigger issue is patent abuse - file or buy a few poorly specified patents and then use them along with litigation to shut down competitors. This generally leads to bolstering the bigger companies at the expense of smaller companies due to the costs of litigation. Basically, software patents can turn developing software into a minefield. It can end up that only people with access to legal departments will be able to sell software.
roenxi 7mo ago
I see you submitted that as a link, it deserves a lot more than the current 4 upvotes I see. What a fascinating article. It gives me much hope that dead old games are not in fact dead. If there is still a binary somewhere and current trends continue then they can probably be resurrected cheaply and with relatively unskilled people.

by pabs3 7mo ago

visarga 7mo ago

If you got access to a working prototype of a software, you can use it for differential testing. So you got unlimited tests for free.

galaxyLogic 7mo ago

We will need ... software patents!

ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
No, lawyers will want software patents as that's the only group that would benefit from them, apart from large litigation-happy companies that want to squash any competition.
- galaxyLogic 7mo ago
  Not sure I can follow your reasoning. Wouldn't the developer of the software who got a patent for an invention embodied in the software she developed benefit as well?
  - ndsipa_pomu 7mo ago
    Not if the developer is employed at the time as contracts will usually mean that the company owns the patents, even if the developer was working on their own time. The bigger issue is patent abuse - file or buy a few poorly specified patents and then use them along with litigation to shut down competitors. This generally leads to bolstering the bigger companies at the expense of smaller companies due to the costs of litigation. Basically, software patents can turn developing software into a minefield. It can end up that only people with access to legal departments will be able to sell software.

roenxi 7mo ago

I see you submitted that as a link, it deserves a lot more than the current 4 upvotes I see. What a fascinating article. It gives me much hope that dead old games are not in fact dead. If there is still a binary somewhere and current trends continue then they can probably be resurrected cheaply and with relatively unskilled people.