POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Compiling stuff : Re: Compiling stuff Server Time
1 Oct 2024 15:24:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Compiling stuff  
From: Darren New
Date: 15 Dec 2008 18:06:12
Message: <4946e2e4@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Sure. So you've got several GB of data, and 
> you can only pick apart a few dozen bytes of it per day. 

Except you have reams and reams of documentation telling you what each 
function does, what arguments it takes, and so on. Way easier than writing a 
virus.

> Besides, I was under the distinct impression that it's *illegal* to 
> reverse-engineer Windows. 

Probably not. IANAL, but the last lawsuit I looked at in the USA, if you 
copyright the code, then someone else can reverse engineer it.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.


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