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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
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Subject: RE: Okay, I have to ask this
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 17:59:32 +0100
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> > What is "reverse engineering"?  And why is it illegal?
>
> Reverse engineering is taking the machine code of a program and working
> backward to see what kind of source (in whatever language) would give
> you that code.
>
> It's illegal (depends on the circumstances; certainly it's actionable)
> in that it's copyright infringement.

Only if you distribute the code in its original form or a modified version(piracy);
or blatantly swipe bits of code, and use it for yourself under your name (plagarism).

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819