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Topic created on: November 3, 2008 09:42 CST by staticares .

Question,

A person reverses and writes a documentation of parts of a application. (Game or Office Application)

Is this person allowed to publish the documentation for free?

Thanks,

Ares

aeppert		November 3, 2008 10:29.25 CST
Depends entirely on locale where the publishing occurs. Chances are above average, regardless of location, that if the reversing was rendered for profit and not for "compatibility" reasons the author may be subject to litigation. Honestly, in this day and age, the person will likely be subject to litigation regardless of purpose if the target is big enough and the application valuable enough by the original authors. Tread lightly and carefully would be the best advice that could be given. Really have to verify local laws. Again, I say all this sans a JD, thus it should be taken with a grain of salt. Aaron

cseagle		November 3, 2008 10:50.18 CST
Did you circumvent protections for copyrighted material? Are you documenting how to do so? If not, then the DMCA does not apply? Did you agree to a license that forbids reverse engineering the software, either when you opened the package or when you installed the software? If so, then you could be in trouble, though I don't think such shrink wrapped licenses have ever really been challenged in court. caution, I am not a lawyer either

staticares		November 4, 2008 01:06.36 CST
The software is EULA protected. This does not contain information about RE. Its not for commercial purposes. I had to patch the protection out of the software. Documentation includes everything needed for one to fully re-write the software. If im right the first visit to lawyers is free. So ill be asking around and post back here.

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