Another question, how can one prove that it was found by disassembling the code?
What if it were found by brute force testing? I can't imagine that a company
would prohibit the user from testing the functionality of a product they sell? A
friend of mine told me this sort of legal piracy was commonplace - have there
ever been any actual legal proceedings in a similar situation? I'm not finding
anything good on google.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:12:19 -0500
"Marchand, Tom" <Tom.Marchand (at) bcbsfl (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:

> If the bug was found by disassembling Sybase's code then Sybase probably does
> have a legal position to do this. I haven't read Sybase's EULA but most have
> a provision prohibiting reverse engineering of code.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sean [mailto:infamous41md (at) hotpop (dot) com [email concealed]]
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> Subject: Re: [VulnWatch] Details of Sybase ASE bugs withheld
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> "David Litchfield" <davidl (at) ngssoftware (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
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> Pardon my ignorance, but on what legal grounds can they do anything if you
> tell them f' off and release anyway? This is absolute insanity. Who do they
> think they are? They don't own your intellectual property. I'd call their
> bluff if I were you, but then again I'm not ;)
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