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From: Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > "jt" <jt@xxxxxx> wrote: > >I would guess not, but I'd just be guessing. (I sure DO know that Most > >Every software agreement I've Ever seen disallows reverse-engineering, but > >it seems to be done an awful lot anyway in all niches of the IT industry, so > >I dunno?.?) > > Also note that the practice of 'reverse engineering' is generally legally protected activity. I've seen no definitive answer about continuing questions over how much licensing language may successfully prohibit it; which doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just that I haven't seen it. > A license agreement is a contract and as such falls under state law, not federal law. In many states the standard EULA is not an enforceable contract, being a "contract of adhesion", meaning, as far as I know, that the contract did not result as a negotiation between the parties.
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