French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol

Post by bpizzi » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 10:13 AM UTC

marincounty wrote: post #9

username42 wrote: post #3

Sometimes, 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.

Post by nnnnni » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 10:20 AM UTC

dalore wrote: post #22

kleiba wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Frankly, I never understood why anyone should be proud because they happen to be of a certain nationality.

I'm proud I rolled a 6 on my dice.

Post by macmac » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 10:32 AM UTC

xorblurb wrote: post #25

macmac wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many reasons to be proud to be French, but since the French law is just an implementation of an EU directive this is hardly one of them.

This French law existed before. The EU directive probably comes from the preexisting French law.

Post by mtrimpe » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 10:34 AM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #32

I'm afraid that this, while a significant decision, will lot mean much in practice. Companies can play cat and mouse indefinitely, and have more resources than hobbyists, if they need their protocols to remain secret.

Post by apierre » Wed, Oct 23, 2013, 10:53 AM UTC