Hello @Rad reverse engineering is, in my opinion, defeats any innovation and is legalized piracy whether of product, process or ideas. Thus the word innovation should be permanently removed unless it finds a fitting scenario, which really belongs to propreitary. Taking things apart is one thing, going commercial with such is another. Indeed, the world is doomed to never produce anything more radically innovative and even if it does, all the gains will be reversed.

 

Right, lets put the reverse engineers to test then. They alway whine about the financial gains of pharmaceutical sectors, what have they done to look for cures of terminal diseases? Nothing, they just trying very hard to find out how they can make viagra open with similar products that could have more deadly events like heart attacks etc.

 

That vault image that started this thread off is so iconic, brings out the reality of what really is going on. Protect, Protect, Protect.

 

I hope one day I shall become a very good programmer, I'll then put in code that will be very destructive to a computer or a system if it is reverse-engineered. Take that "you" loosers! :-)

 

 

Rgds.