[ros-dev] Clean-room reversing

[Josh H.]

Is it okay to reverse through disassembly as long as clean room methods
are used(only writeing docs, not implementing it yourself)?

http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,65532,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design

[Aleksey Bragin]

Yes.

Either reverse engineer and write docs (which can be used by ReactOS
developers, provided they contain no source code derived from
disassembly), or reverse engineer and write test cases.

The latter method is [presumably] used by Wine developers, and it
provides a very good legal ground.


With the best regards,
Aleksey Bragin.

Post by Josh H.
Is it okay to reverse through disassembly as long as clean room
methods
are used(only writeing docs, not implementing it yourself)?
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/
0,10801,65532,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design