Re: XyWrite and C (in the 21st century)

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On Aug 30, Patricia M. Godfrey wrote
>Wouldn't that be "reverse engineering"? Which is also against all
>the EULAs out there.

Perhaps against the EULA, but it isn't clear the EULA has much of any
weight, at least for XY III or XY IV. Firstly, you didn't see it before
buying, you had no real choice, and various other things apply that make
EULA's questionable. Secondly, the legality of shrink wrapped EULA's is
far from settled in law. And thirdly, any agreement you had in an EULA was
with XyQuest or TTG -- you have no agreement with the current owners of
the code.

Copyright would still apply, even for what most people would call
"abandonware." But copyright doesn't prohibit reverse engineering.

Wally Bass