The courts have ruled in favor of using reverse engineering to enable ____.
A) interoperability
B) creation of open source code
C) to circumvent restrictive trade secrets
D) avoid domination of a particular software market by a single manufacturer

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The use of reverse engineering in order to achieve interoperability between different software systems has been ruled legal by the courts. This means that companies are allowed to study and analyze the code of a competitor's software in order to develop their own software that can communicate and work with the existing system. This ruling promotes competition and innovation in the software industry.

The Courts Have Ruled in Favor of Using Reverse Engineering