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jm1234567890

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Originally posted by karnevil
public domain is NOT freeware. public domain IS open source - linux being one example. its open source but u still usually pay for it

Freeware is just that - FREE. u cant modify the code in anyway, all youre alowed to do is use it and distribute it for free.

grr i'm wrong, i don't like being wrong :(
i hope i'm not too wrong in the HSC
 

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Originally posted by grendel
You can't decompile source code.

You can decompile object(executable) code to get the source code.

Once you get the source code you can "reverse engineer" the source code to find out how a program works.

Grendel i was just being a bit sarcastic, i know u cant decompile
source code.
 

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