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6 Sep 2024 11:18:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: iPod / Music Industry / J-pop / Gripe!  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 4 Jun 2009 14:51:22
Message: <4a2817aa$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:28:42 -0600, somebody wrote:

> By that token of "compatibility problem", (and should it be feasible), I
> could take a Mac application, decompile it, and compile it for Windows.
> I somehow doubt that's legal.

Depends on the license for the software.  Obviously for GPL'ed software, 
that's not a problem.  You can reverse-engineer it all you want and 
compile it for another platform if you so desire.  It's usually easier to 
just acquire the source, though. ;-)

Jim


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