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Re:SD Memory Card Formatter for Linux by snvzz on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:38AM (#35610687)
If it's a choice between preparing my sd cards with open partitioning tools, or running some non-auditable official tool in binary form, it is an easy choice.

I'll do the former, as I always have.

By the way, a cool quote from the agreement preceding the download page:

>3. RESTRICTIONS: You agree to NOT: (a) disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive any source code for the SDA Software from executable code;

They really, really do not want us to know what this binary does.

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Re:SD Memory Card Formatter for Linux by ale42 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:47AM (#35611159)
> 3. RESTRICTIONS: You agree to NOT: (a) disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive any source code for the SDA Software from executable code;

Depending on where you live, this might have no legal effect. Some jurisdictions allow explicitly for reverse engineering & co. for different purposes (e.g. research, interoperability with other systems, etc.).

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