[ros-kernel] FAQ: Clean Room reverse engineering vs Disassmbly

[Aleksey Bragin]

Hi,
Steven and other -- the question arises then: (hypothetical)
If I want to understand what some unnamed function of advapi32.dll is (like
SystemFunction001), I disassemble another Microsoft's dll (or .exe) which
uses it, and according to how it uses it I understand how to implement
compatible opensource advapi32.dll.

Is this legal?

With the best regards,
Aleksey Bragin.


-----Original Message-----
From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com]
On Behalf Of Steven Edwards
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:48 AM
To: ros-kernel at reactos.com
Cc: jasonfilby at reactos.com
Subject: [ros-kernel] FAQ: Clean Room reverse engineering vs Disassmbly

Hello ros-kernel and Jason,
Sorry I did not repsond directly to private emails or the discussion on
the mailing list but I am a little slammed atm but this matter must be
cleared up.

IANAL but I have one on retainer for the ReactOS foundation and while
he is not a IP lawyer he seems to agree with the following statements.

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