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Re: Reverse engineering - confirmed for version 3!



Reply to note from Harry Binswanger <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:13:10
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Harry,

> What is the significance of this?

Having the source code opens the possibility of further developing XyWrite-DOS: fixing bugs, adding
or modifying features, and so forth. The 64-bit question is, who would be willing and able to do it,
and can it be done without infringing intellectual property rights (assuming that the holders of
such rights are still interested in enforcing them, the alternative being that these ancient DOS
programs have effectively become abandonware)? These questions are clouded by uncertainty, but at
least now we have the luxury of being able to ask them. The source code shines a light into what has
hitherto been a black box.

-- 
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxxxx