NODE e6407973DDJ editorial
bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew)Sat, 24 Dec 94 04:36:32 PST
I think this sentence was missing a NOT:
If, as some claim and RSA disputes, the
code was reverse-engineered from object files in off-the-shelf software,
then the law was probably broken - unless RSA and other vendors decide to
test the strength of highly questionable and likely unenforceable
shrink-wrap licenses that try to prohibit disassembly/decompilation.
(But I don't have the DDJ to verify this)
NODE 17ed5b85Re: DDJ editorial
Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>Sat, 24 Dec 94 08:05:15 PST
On Sat, 24 Dec 1994, Harry Bartholomew wrote:
> I think this sentence was missing a NOT:
>
> If, as some claim and RSA disputes, the
> code was reverse-engineered from object files in off-the-shelf software,
> then the law was probably broken - unless RSA and other vendors decide to
> test the strength of highly questionable and likely unenforceable
> shrink-wrap licenses that try to prohibit disassembly/decompilation.
No, that's correct as printed.
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