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conductor on March 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Anti-Reverse Engineering Guide

I don't see anything illegal in disassembling shareware or any other type of software. Compare it with disassembling your smartphone/alarm clock/hand watch/.. to find out how it works. Why should it be illegal?

DanBC on March 14, 2012 | [–]

"circumventing a copyright protection mechanism"? (or whatever the wording is in various laws.)

kdb1 on March 15, 2012 | [–]

Copyright laws seem to be so strict these days, its tough to tell.

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