Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:35:21 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <37A52432.60703C94@megsinet.net> (message from David Oppenheimer
	on Mon, 02 Aug 1999 00:53:07 -0400)
Subject: Re: Decompiler Question.
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> Follow this link to a page where you will find a disassembler written by J
> Delorie.  Does that name sound familiar?!
> http://www.suddendischarge.com/Disassemblers.html

That listing is very misleading.  The author is Robin Hilliard, who
heavily modified code from djgpp's "edebug" program (the "J Delorie"
probably refers to me, but I *never* use "J" as my first name, and I
have no knowledge of this package aside from just reading the
copyright notice).

Also, the disassembler in edebug is nowhere near smart enough to be
used as a general-purpose disassembly program, as it has no way of
properly tagging labels and deciding what's code and what's data.

A note to the pedants: This is an example of a violation of the GNU
GPL.  When you modify someone else's code, you *MUST* retain all
existing copyright notices, which was not done in this package.  Just
because a program is released under the GPL does *NOT* mean that the
author has relinquished copyright to anyone.