Reverse Engineering Quotes

• Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail.

  Jon Lech Johansen

  Engineering, Community, Failing

  "Meet the kid behind the DVD hack". Interview with J.S. Kelly, www.cnn.com. January 31, 2000.

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• Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it.

  Jon Lech Johansen

  Engineering, Intention, Bother

  "DVD Jon lands dream job stateside" by Annalee Newitz, www.wired.com. October 18, 2005.

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• You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.

  Francis Crick

  Engineering, Hacking, Reverse

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• A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

  Helmut Jahn

  Thinking, Reverse, Propose

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• Copying is about reverse-engineering.

  Austin Kleon

  Engineering, Copying, Reverse

  Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.33, Workman Publishing

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• Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.

  Steven Pinker

  Engineering, Technique, Example

  Steven Pinker (2014). “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century”, p.17, Penguin

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• I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened.

  Jon Lech Johansen

  Engineering, Years, Apples

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