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> The DMCA does have provisions against reverse engineering

Here in the EU reverse engineering is allowed and even if you sign a contract saying you won't reverse engineer something you've still got the right to do it.

How would the DMCA comply with this, would anyone be able to shut down legally reverse engineered code on GitHub?



GitHub is located and hosted in the US, so US rules apply when it comes to takedowns, etc.




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