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by basilikum 17 days ago
That was before you could go to jail over that.

> I don't think anyone tried to go after them because they'd be fighting the 1st Amendment.

I have bad news for you:

https://www.eff.org/issues/coders/reverse-engineering-faq#fo...

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Once again, no one gives a shit what you do with the bits on your own hard drive.
One of the core principles of free software is that you can not only modify software yourself, but you can also share your modifications with others and collaborate with them.