Timeline for Is reverse engineering and using parts of a closed source application legal?
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| Mar 22, 2013 at 23:28 | comment | added | Igor Skochinsky♦ | @0xC0000022L: I was speaking figuratively. I did not mean "copy raw bytes" but more like "extract the algorithms and use them unchanged". Or use e.g. decompiled .NET code. | |
| Mar 22, 2013 at 22:11 | comment | added | 0xC0000022L♦ | @Igor Skochinsky: strictly speaking there is no way to take a chunk of code. Even with your Hex-Rays plugin, which I trust as an employee you have access to, doesn't give 100% accuracy. But of course it would provide means to disclose implementation details. So it's a bit difficult. | |
| Mar 20, 2013 at 14:48 | comment | added | Igor Skochinsky♦ | @jyzuz: enabling interoperability is one thing. Taking chunks of code from the competitor's application is another. | |
| Mar 20, 2013 at 14:22 | comment | added | jyz | I know a company in US that make use of RE to interoperability applications, so I'm affraid it's legal in US (just guessing). | |
| Mar 20, 2013 at 13:29 | history | answered | Remko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |