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Snoc I KNOW you'll argue the point but Reverse Engineering is not simply to COPY....

Reverse engineering has its origins in the analysis of hardware for commercial or military advantage.[2] The purpose is to deduce design decisions from end products with little or no additional knowledge about the procedures involved in the original production. The same techniques can be used for research of systems applications, not for industrial or defense ends, but rather to replace incorrect, incomplete, or otherwise unavailable documentation or design information.

So if you were to "engineer" something new than it would be a new design.... somebody comes along and disassembles the product in order to put it back together a different way is "reverse engineering" in that you will always 'find' a better way to do something if you are capable in the least to make things work. Whether its a mechanical object or simply a SOO... (Sequence of Operation) for doing a procedure or process in a more timely manner.

Reverse engineering really means Re-engineering something to make it better or more cost efficient or something that hopefully the changes create something different than what you started with....


And Bob.... Lighten up FRANCIS!!!!! .....