> in France some strange things happen: > http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39183862,00.htm ... > Researchers that reverse engineer software to discover programming flaws > can no longer legally publish their findings in France after a court > fined a security expert on Tuesday.
Well, if you get to read the exact ruling, you'll find out that the decision of the court was based chiefly on the fact that the researcher did all his work on an "unlicensed" copy of the software (read "pirate copy"), not because he did reverse ingineering on it. You can lawfully reverse engineer software you legitimately own, but not the one you don't. -- Vincent ARCHER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : +33 (0)1 40 07 47 14 Fax : +33 (0)1 40 07 47 27 Deny All - 5, rue Scribe - 75009 Paris - France www.denyall.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://www.secunia.com/
