[2247] in java-interest
Re: Decompilation of JAVA bytecode to source
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Barna)
Wed Sep 27 10:24:44 1995
From: Eric Barna <ebarna@teachersoft.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:58:25 ()
Java'ers
Unfortunately I lost the thread that this email really responds to...
As previously noted, it is possible, though not particularly easy, to
decompile bytecode to source.
My understanding is that when the architecture neutral distribution format
(ANDF) people at OSF developed the ANDF spec, they spent a lot of time
ensuring that it was "not possible" to decompile ANDF code to source. They
were extremely concerned about intellectual property issues associated with
giving people mechanisms that permitted access to source. They believed
that if it were not possible to protect source, it would be significantly
more difficult to get vendors to sign up to deliver their code in ANDF. (Of
course ANDF never went anywhere, but that is/may be a different issue...)
It seems to me that it would not be a good idea to ignor the ANDF work on
source access as JAVA goes forward, otherwise it might limit the potential
for the future.
John Marsh
The MITRE Corporation
jmarsh@mitre.org
Phone (703)883-7086
FAX (703)883-3315
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