Thread: [Technical Discussion] Porting WhatsApp to the N900
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cb22 is offline cb22
2011-01-09 , 17:50
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#4
Originally Posted by efekt View Post
Isn't WhatsApp a property software, e.g not open source? Wouldn't converting it without the authorization of the WhatsApp team be infringement of rights?
IIRC, it has been shown and tested that reverse engineering proprietary protocols for interoperability is perfectly legal. See things like the open source clients for AIM / MSN / etc.
 

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