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LAWSUIT TO PUT `REVERSE ENGINEERING' TO THE TEST SUIT TO PUT PRACTICE OF `REVERSE ENGINEERING' TO TEST
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The computer experts who recently found a way to defeat the
popular Net filtering program Cyber Patrol think they're striking a
blow for freedom of thought.
But Microsystems Software, the Framingham company that made the
software, thinks the hackers are just a couple of thieves, swiping
computer software that doesn't belong to them.
Who's right? It depends on how the federal courts interpret the
laws governing "reverse engineering," the common but sometimes
controversial business...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Framingham, Mass, Software Firm's Suit Tests 'Reverse Engineering'.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; Mar. 27--The computer experts who recently found a way to defeat the popular Net filtering program Cyber Patrol think they're striking a blow for freedom of thought. But Microsystems Software, the Framingham company that made the software, thinks the hackers are just a couple of thieves, swiping
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The law and economics of reverse engineering.
Yale Law Journal
; I. INTRODUCTION Reverse engineering has a long history as an accepted practice. What it means, broadly speaking, is the process of extracting know-how or knowledge from a human-made artifact. (1) Lawyers and economists have endorsed reverse engineering as an appropriate way to obtain such
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Going in reverse: Michelangelo used the principles of reverse engineering to create great sculptures. Today, manufacturers use it to create images of products to speed up prototyping, manufacturing and testing processes. (Training Trends).
Quality
; As a technique for making products, reverse engineering used to be viewed as a not-so-ethical process of copying successful designs by OEMs but with less design capability than the originators. Indeed, 30 to 40 years ago, a number of noteworthy products were copied and produced, from complete
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DEFENDANTS AGREE TO STOP PUBLISHING CYBER PATROL SOURCE CODE IN VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAW.(Company Business and Marketing)
Software Industry Report
; Microsystems Software, maker of the Internet filtering software Cyber Patrol, announced that it had reached agreement with the defendants it sued for violating copyright by reverse engineering its software and posting source code for the purpose of teaching other hackers how to do the same. The
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Revisiting Reverse Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
; The term engineering has a positive meaning, typically describing the act of creating something beneficial to industry or society. But add the word reverse, and it becomes something quite different. Reverse engineering is often associated with the sometimes-illegal act of copying an original design
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