A useful FAQ concerning reverse engineering and related issues can be found at this site. http://www.chillingeffects.org/reverse/faq.cgi#QID188 As in the case of many such constraints, I think that the anti-reverse engineering clauses attached to software licenses probably violate other freedoms that have greater legal priority. This is a job for the courts to decide, but at least in the USA it is hard to have much confidence in their impartiality and wisdom. Patrick Foley patfoley at csus.edu -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._