My guess is it's more like how Compaq managed to create their PC compatible ROM in the 80's.

On 11/22/2022 4:46 PM, Bill Johnson wrote:
Reverse engineering to get the source code is illegal.


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On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 11:23 AM, Joe Monk <[email protected]> wrote:

Not sure that this is a winnable lawsuit though.

The architecture of a file (and the data therein) that is only needed to
run a product is not copyright protected. So copying the WSBIND
file doesnt necessarily amount to a copyright violation.

Joe

On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 10:10 AM Bob T Roller <
[email protected]> wrote:

Not surprised. They lost their preferred vendor status with IBM a year or
so ago. Because of their tie up with Amazon.

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