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Re:One more small step toward the right to software repair by White_Wolf on Sunday January 30, 2022 @04:04AM (#30135210)
You made me wonder if sharing a patcher that modifies the program files would be legal under the EU law.
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Re:One more small step toward the right to software repair by noduerme on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:40AM (#30135689)
IANAL but sharing the patcher probably wouldn't be. Sharing the code it patched, or a patched version of that code, would be piracy.
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