> Typically, a clean-room design is done by having someone examine the system to be reimplemented and having this person write a specification. This specification is then reviewed by a lawyer to ensure that no copyrighted material is included. The specification is then implemented by a team with no connection to the original examiners.
Re:Please don’t upload my code on GitHub
by bryanrasmussen on Monday May 08, 2023 @06:59AM
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yes, reading that description it seems pretty clear to me that they did not read the code but they had access to the working system and then
>by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any of the copyrights associated with the original design.
reverse engineering is not 'reading the code'.
wasn't it to have one person run tests of what happened when different things were done, and then write up a document describing the functionality?
In other words I think one person reading the code is still in violation?