Peter Hansen wrote: > Maurice LING wrote: > >> It makes big difference (legally) to if the codes are there and >> someone sees it, to if the codes are locked in some packaged or zipped >> form and someone reverse-engineer it. It is legally as different as if >> you drop money on the ground and I pick it up, to pick-pocketing you >> and take the money. >> >> Nobody seems to be able to understand this simple logic. > > > So you're saying that reverse engineering Java bytecode is illegal, > while doing the same with Python bytecode is not? Or something like > that? (And you're a lawyer, right? Because if you're not, and you're > not citing your sources, why is it we should put any value in these > comments about what is (legally) true?) > > -Peter
What I'm saying is reverse engineering anything is illegal unless allowed by the laws of the state, be it <your language> bytecodes or compiled executables, but if the original source codes are there, you can see it. To put it sexually and crudely (to get the idea across), if a female strips and parade in front of me, I'm not violating any law to open my eyes and look at it (whether morally or religiously right is a total different matter) but it is criminal for me to grab any moving female, strip her and look at her naked. Can see the point? maurice -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
