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IANAL but EU reverse engineering exception is granted for purposes of interoperability as I remember? Think API, protocol, file format. You can't reverse engin
by coderdd 5y ago
IANAL but EU reverse engineering exception is granted for purposes of interoperability as I remember? Think API, protocol, file format.
You can't reverse engineer and share random internals.
- ElFitz 5y agoIn the EU, and probably elsewhere, there are entire engineering shops of which the one and only purpose is to reverse engineer competitors’ features and figure out a legal way to get around patents and replicate those features. No interoperability there. Some people I know do that for a living in the auto industry.
- kergonath 5y agoThere is some variation within the EU, with different national laws. In French law at least you’re right: reverse engineering is allowed only for interoperability and you’re not allowed to distribute decompiled code.