@ipab, raceprouk
There is still a (social) difference between reverse engineering MSN Messenger to make addons, plugins and what not, and reverse engeneer a plugin made by your fellow programmers to rip it off...
Yes, technically it is the same, but there is still something like not touching code from your friends and respect their whishes.
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Originally posted by raceprouk
It's just that people don't usually admit to reverse engineering, because it can be frowned upon. If I want to know how someone did something, I'll usually start by asking for pointers in the right direction. I don't necessarily want full code (doesn't help people to have full code), but snippets are helpful.
I agree on that, and in that way reverse engeneering can help. But this was not the impression I get when I read:
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since i didnt have any code i couldnt steal it, i reverse engineered it.
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