Most EULAs attempt to take away your rights. They are not always legal or binding.
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March 10, 2004 07:12 AM
quote: Original post by Kylotan
Most EULAs attempt to take away your rights. They are not always legal or binding.
So this implies that reverse-engineering might be perfectly legal
in the EU? I still doubt that, but then again - I''m not a lawyer
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March 10, 2004 09:22 PM
This is true. Got a really good pinball game from Microsoft and it said I cannot reverse-engineer it.
However, if you look on the internet you will see where courts have ruled reverse-engineering legal; this is mainly so competitors can look at each other's implementation and create better and better products, which is good for consumers. I believe the way the law has been ruled is that the person reverse-engineering the product has to write a description of what the program does-- no copying of the actual assembly or whatever-- and then that person passes the written description to others to write the actual program.
[edited by - Sluginator on March 10, 2004 10:27:24 PM]
However, if you look on the internet you will see where courts have ruled reverse-engineering legal; this is mainly so competitors can look at each other's implementation and create better and better products, which is good for consumers. I believe the way the law has been ruled is that the person reverse-engineering the product has to write a description of what the program does-- no copying of the actual assembly or whatever-- and then that person passes the written description to others to write the actual program.
[edited by - Sluginator on March 10, 2004 10:27:24 PM]
Basically, there is a infinite or practically infinite set of things, that includes things such as pluto and quicksort and special relativity, and fart of ant in some specific hive.-Dmytry
March 11, 2004 01:04 PM
I can''t think of any country where reverse engineering is actually totally illegal. It''s a myth that software developers would like you to believe. Imagine if you were prohibited from taking your own car apart to see how it worked.
Look: here and
here.
Other applications of reverse engineering may run up against different issues depending on where you are and what you''re doing.
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Look: here and
here.
Other applications of reverse engineering may run up against different issues depending on where you are and what you''re doing.
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March 12, 2004 08:53 AM
Someone needed to point out that the EU in EULA stands for End User, as in End User License Agreement, not for European Union.
March 12, 2004 10:16 AM
In Germany (don''t know if this is valid in the whole EU) reverse-engineering is legal. You may even fix errors yourself in the code, and study how it works.
All other agreements that forbid this are rendered invalid by this law. And I pretty much like it
All other agreements that forbid this are rendered invalid by this law. And I pretty much like it
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