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dude187 | 1 year ago

What parts of the code did they write?

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Hamuko|1 year ago

Of the re3 project? Most of it, since it's decompiled from the GTA 3 executable. And just because compiled code is decompiled doesn't strip it of ownership/copyright.

realusername|1 year ago

Should the re-created code be considered as a derivative in copyright terms?

It's kind of a gray area to me as there's so much work on interpretation involved in decompilation. It's very unlikely the decompiled code looks anything like the original source code.

It would be nice to have a leak of the original source code someday to compare but I'm betting it's very different.

On librw, it's a clearer since it's a reimplementation.