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		nordsieck on May 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please don’t upload my code on GitHub > Typically, a clean-room design is done by having someone examine the system to be reimplemented and having this person write a specification. This specification is then reviewed by a lawyer to ensure that no copyrighted material is included. The specification is then implemented by a team with no connection to the original examiners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design

bryanrasmussen on May 8, 2023 [–]

yes, reading that description it seems pretty clear to me that they did not read the code but they had access to the working system and then

>by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any of the copyrights associated with the original design.

reverse engineering is not 'reading the code'.

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