Re: Matlab File Format

[Stefano Ghirlanda]

> > Some software licenses state explicitely that one cannot reverse-engineer
> > the file formats an application uses. I don't know whether that is the
> > case for MathLab. 
>  
> Here is the wording of a small section of the MathWorks software license
> that comes with Matlab 5.1
> 
> "In relation to the Programs which licensee is entitled to use, Licensee
> shall not decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the
> Programs expect with respect to European Union Licensees (etc etc)"

Maybe the file format is not covered by this wording. Is a file that you
save considered "part of the program"? The reverse-engineering is done
on the file, although one coudl argue that by doing that you discover
things about the program (the save routines). Any lawyers on the list?

Stefano

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