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by hdjjhhvvhga 1351 days ago
The copyright law in many countries contains a specific interoperability exception that explicitly allows such cases to enable "information exchange".

"Courts have recognised that reverse-engineering is important for public benefit and to encourage inventors and businesses thereby maintaining healthy competition in the market".[0]

[0] https://lexinsight.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/achieving-intero...

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Yet most technology giants are based in the States thus do what they want - within the permissive laws of their country. It's ironic how the folks here on one side get upset every time Google/Meta does something evil, yet at the same time get upset when the EU does something against Google/Meta.