reverse engineering
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| Author | Content |
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| q Aug 14, 2007 2:53 AM EDT |
"First off, if the code is available to anyone, how would end users be protected from reverse engineering efforts?" When one gets the source code, one has to reverse engineer it to understand it, I guess :) |
| hughesjr Aug 14, 2007 4:14 AM EDT |
UMMM .... one reverse engineers things that they do not have the source code for :D If you have the source code, you can FORWARD engineer (also know as BUILD) it, no reverse engineering required :D |
| jezuch Aug 14, 2007 5:03 AM EDT |
And why reverse engineering is bad, by the way? Is it a synonym to "stealing"? |
| SamShazaam Aug 14, 2007 5:40 AM EDT |
The writer does not seem to grasp that proprietary does not equate to secret or unknown to every one. It is only secret from those trying to obey the law. To those who don't care about the law this is merely a detail to be dealt with. Security through obscurity does not work. With OSS there is at least an opportunity to protect yourself. |
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