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This could be the end of reverse engineering in France sadly, I hope it doesn’t have repucussions in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n
I think it’s the end of using reverse engineering tools to find flaws in France. Maybe the next step will be to forbid the possession of debuggers and disassemblers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s a valid course of action to reverse engineer software you have bought to make sure it’s secure. If not make your software open source.<\/p>\n
Security expert Guillaume Tena, who was last week ordered to pay a fine of 14,300 euros for breach of French copyright law after publishing information about security vulnerabilities in an anti-virus application, has already collected around half the money in donations after appealing for help on his Web site.<\/p>\n
On 21 February, Tena lost his appeal in a case involving vendor Tegam and was ordered to pay a fine of 14,300 euros (around AU$23,000) for breaking French copyright laws. Tena appealed for donations on his Web site — to buy a new anti-virus application because asking for donations to pay a fine is also illegal in France — and within a week he has already collected over 8,000 euros.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I say good for him.<\/p>\n
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