US government makes it legal to reverse engineer code

Re:US government makes it legal to reverse engineer code by zzalpha on Sunday May 15, 2016 @09:37PM (#11703713)

And yet thanks to Oracle v Google it may become impossible to use information gained from reverse engineering to create a compatible replacement without violating copyright.

One step forward, two steps back...

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Re:US government makes it legal to reverse engineer code by tzs on Sunday May 15, 2016 @10:24PM (#11703852)

Oracle v Google won't change much, because the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit does not set copyright precedent. Details in earlier comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11377318

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