French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
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French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
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Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#2Reverse engineering of protocols should be as American as the First Amendment!
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#3Sometimes, we can be proud to be french ;-)
For interoperability purpose, "reverse engineering is a legal practice, and that the distribution of software using a protocol found in this way is not illegal"
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#4I wonder what would have happened in the United States. I think the DMCA probably couldn't be construed to apply to this, but I guess accessing Skype's servers could be considered exceeding authorized access, similar to the 3Taps case (http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/207055/#axzz2i...)...
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#5This makes me laugh, mostly because it will alienate the French govt from the US Govt, but also because its basically anti-IP.
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#6The court follows the EC Directive for legal protection of computer programs, specifically Article 6. Every EU country should have laws in place that allow for reverse engineering within certain limits.
See page 4 [PDF]: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2...
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#7This makes me laugh, mostly because it will alienate the French govt from the US Govt, but also because its basically anti-IP.
You forgot the main reason : because it goes against your preconceived ideas about "The French".
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#8Protocols are like languages, in the sense that they aren't the data or protection of data, but provides a structural framework for communicating. Languages are also in itself not information, and not secure, it's only when you apply security that happens.
This can be compared to letting people try reverse engineer some indigenous language in my eyes.
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#9Sometimes, we can be proud to be french ;-) For interoperability purpose, "reverse engineering is a legal practice, and that the distribution of software using a protocol found in this way is not illegal"
I have no problems with your country. Any country that
ties traffic infractions to income is fine with me. I
heard most of your schooling is free to? The French
have a lot we(USA) should look into.
Re: French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol
#10Sometimes, we can be proud to be french ;-) For interoperability purpose, "reverse engineering is a legal practice, and that the distribution of software using a protocol found in this way is not illegal"
Makes me wonder how much reverse engineering the DGSE has done...