[Discussioni] reverse engineering (da ACM Technews)

[Francesco Potorti`]

A quanto pare il "reverse engineering per compatibilità" fa strada...



 "Group OKs Changes for Net Commerce" Associated Press (08/06/02);
 Bridis, Ted

 The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
 approved of revisions to the Uniform Computer Information
 Transactions Act (UCITA) last week. The amendments, announced Monday,
 forbid software companies from responding to consumer criticism by
 revoking the licenses customers agree to in order to operate their
 products; furthermore, the changes allow consumers to reverse
 engineer software so that its compatibility with other technology can
 be ensured. The revisions would be enacted on a state-by-state basis
 if the state legislatures approve of UCITA-based laws. Only Virginia
 and Maryland have passed such laws so far, and UCITA revision
 boosters such as conference of commissioners general counsel John
 McCabe warn that technology companies could declare that those
 states' amendment-free provisions apply to their products, regardless
 of what state their customers reside in. The head of the Americans
 for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions says the proposed changes
 are too narrow, and would not stop companies from disabling users'
 software for "perceived misuse" of a product, provided the companies
 issue "reasonable notice."
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48570-2002Aug6.html