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How bnetd Developers Reverse Engineered Battle.net

Posted by timothy on from the looked-at-the-label dept.

battlebot writes: "O'Reilly's ONlamp.com is running an interview with the bnetd developers that goes into great detail about how exactly they reverse-engineered Battle.net. This is by the same guy who wrote the recent Salon article, though is far more technical. They talk a little bit about their legal troubles too, and even sheepishly admit that perhaps talking to a lawyer earlier in the process would have been a good idea. Has this project been successfully squashed?"

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  1. Re:Consulting an attorney earlier... by markb · · Score: 5, Informative
    If we assume for the moment that they had thought of consulting an attorney when they first embarked on this project, would it have made a difference?

    Well, I did seek some legal device back in 1998, when I receive a cease and desist letter from the Software Publishers Association. The letter (well email, actually) came less than 12 hours after I published bnetd 0.1.

    The lawyer was from the Student Legal Services office at my university, and didn't know much about IP law, but I did seek legal advice early on. :)