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by circuit10 1126 days ago
Isn’t it illegal to learn from leaked source code? Or even to view it at all?
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It is not, at least in the US. Distribution is illegal; possession may or may not be prosecuted; and if you read the code and provably reuse it or make use of trade secrets you could lose a lawsuit. But if you "somehow" have access and don't do anything associated with the code, the basic act of reading it carries no penalties.
I fully expect the answer to this vary wildly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.