Simultaneous reverse engineering by the hundreds [LWN.net]

Simultaneous reverse engineering by the hundreds

Posted Apr 21, 2005 18:06 UTC (Thu) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)
In reply to: Simultaneous reverse engineering by the hundreds by hppnq
Parent article: How Tridge reverse engineered BitKeeper

The evidence would seem to point to it being the case, so yes.

Given the ease with which this feat was accomplished, can it even be
called "reverse engineering"?

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Simultaneous reverse engineering by the hundreds

Posted Apr 22, 2005 11:31 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (guest, #14462) [Link]

The relation between BitKeeper and SCCS has been known for ages. Using telnet instead of another program to connect to a remote port is standard practice, nothing fancy about that.

So if Tridge only wanted to show what he has been accused of, BitMover must be crazy. If the reverse engineering accusation goes a little further than telnetting to the BitKeeper port, Tridge must be crazy.

Strange in any case. Or I am crazy. ;-)