Timeline for Using reverse-engineered closed protocol in open source software
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| Sep 15, 2020 at 18:08 | comment | added | mspnr | It is a very useful comment. The vendor itself is very careful for publishing APIs (actually not publishing) for its products explaining it by "expensive support". Regarding "exempt in European law" does it concern only "official APIs" or also exempt "reverse engineered ones"? | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 5:16 | comment | added | planetmaker | Interface definitions or API often are not suitable subject to copyright claims as they are a precondition to allow interoperability. They are for instance explicitly exempt in European law; in all cases you might want to consult a lawyer if there are doubts and the degree you may reverse-engineer or copy an interface. | |
| Sep 15, 2020 at 1:57 | history | answered | vonbrand | CC BY-SA 4.0 |