info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (07/11/84)
Date: 10 Jul 1984 1124-PDT Subject: Info-mac policies on reverse engineering From: Mike Schuster <uw-beaver!MIKES@CIT-20> To: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA As Macintosh debugging environments improve, information on the 'inner working' of Toolbox will be easier to obtain, via disassembly, tracing, demons, etc. On one hand, publication is indespensible to software designers if the Mac is to live up to its conjectured potential. On the other hand, aren't there copyright, patent, and trade secret issues? What should Info-mac policy be concerning the publication of information describing the design and operation of Toolbox beyond what is widely available in Inside Mac? Mike (mikes@cit-20,mikes@cit-vax) -------
info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (07/11/84)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 84 11:54:20 pdt From: Bill Croft <uw-beaver!croft@safe> To: info-mac@sumex Subject: re: Info-mac policies on reverse engineering Mike, I think your previous message containing hints for using the various scrap managers was excellent, and I am certain that Apple would agree and support such contributions. As a counterexample, submitting a disassembled listing of Quickdraw ROM routines would certainly be unwise. I think almost anything in between, provided you use good judgement, would be welcomed by Apple and Mac programmers.