Does "modification" include translation to another HLL?

[Kenny Tilton]

I too was confused by what looked like a non-change from read to
examine, but in the next sentence you said something about "observe the
program" so I got your meaning.

kenny
clinisys

John Cowan wrote:
> 
> Rod Dixon wrote:
> 
> > Hmm...I doubt that the puzzle can be solved by switching from read to
> > examine.  If you copy the work and the work is copyright-protected,
> > telling a judge that instead of "reading" the work, you "examined" it is
> > not going to work. You could try to dodge the bullet by looking for cover
> > under reverse engineering, but doing so in this case is why copyright
> > holders have tried to deconstruct the deconstructor. Reverse engineering
> > is not a license to copy and the facts we are discussing do not show why
> > it is relevant.
> 
> I am not sure we are discussing the same facts.  If I interact with
> your (tty-mode) program thus:
> 
> ? 3+4
> 7
> ? 42+42
> 84
> ? 5*5
> 25
> 
> I can deduce it is a calculator and write my own calculator program.
> This is what I meant by "examining the program" (as distinct from
> "reading the source").  Otherwise Netscape would infringe Mosaic,
> but it does not.
> 
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