• @Lobreeze
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    110 months ago

    Reverse engineer is a strange way to spell “steal”

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      Reverse engineering is reverse engineering. It is in fact legal in most places.

      Yes, there are differences between unlawfully acquiring design document and creating one thru collection of perceivable data

      • @Lobreeze
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        110 months ago

        Lol yes because China is well known for their lawful acquisition of intellectual property.

        How silly of me.

        • @[email protected]
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          10 months ago

          You don’t seem to understand my point.

          They would’ve done it if it’s easy, or given no other choice. It would’ve been much easier & cheaper to just buy the IP license than stealing it. All businesses (including the unlawful ones) would choose the easier & cheaper option.

          I mean… they could’ve hired a bunch of hackers to try stealing it from the company server or something. Then again, cost (and also risk) would incur.

          No, it doesn’t work like in the movie. Everything here simply comes down to cost & benefit. Boring, huh…?