Shachar Shemesh wrote:
As far as I understand this, if I disassemble Microsoft binaries (it is legal in Israel), then the resulting knowledge is legal to use - anywhere (in other words - the only one who can be sued is me, and the jurisdiction is Israel, where the action is legal).
I am not a lawyer, but I bet you're wrong there. The disassembled code is probably considered a copy, using it could be a copyright violation, and if any such code snuck into Wine, we'd have to go rip it out at great cost. - Dan