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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by TinoDidriksen on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:33AM (#26699525)
Yes, reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability is one of the things explicitly allowed by laws such as DMCA.
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by teraflop on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:38AM (#26699589)
The decision talks about "interoperability" as a general concept, but neither the DMCA nor reverse engineering is at all relevant to its legal reasoning.
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