Comment by moonchild
5 years ago
Yes but the code was clearly derived directly from a decompiled binary; not ‘clean room’ reverse engineering. Hence, illegal, regardless of whether a dmca takedown notice is filed.
5 years ago
Yes but the code was clearly derived directly from a decompiled binary; not ‘clean room’ reverse engineering. Hence, illegal, regardless of whether a dmca takedown notice is filed.
Deriving something from a decompiled binary isn't illegal in itself.
That still leaves it as a derivative work, which is protected from copying and distribution by copyright.
That doesn't make it illegal, there are plenty of jurisdictions where non-clean-room reverse engineering is perfectly legal.
But distributing it without a license from the copyright holder is.
Distributing what, exactly? It required you already owned a copy of the game to install/build it.
1 reply →