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Someone needs to be reminded that anticompetitive practices are illegal (feddit.de)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Well, maybe they can't. This clause would probably not hold up in a lot of countries/courts. OTOH it would in others. It might take years of litigation to figure out.

So, if you want to work on this kind of thing, better consult a lawyer first. It will have a chilling effect and that's something.

US situation: https://www.eff.org/issues/coders/reverse-engineering-faq