Any Quote by Clive Thompson

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

— Francis Crick

There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written.

— Bill Gates

There is nothing in the programming field more despicable than an undocumented program

— Edward Yourdon

Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you'll see someone else's program or somebody will come along and they'll show you what can…

— Bill Gates

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

— Anonymous

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different…

— Douglas Crockford

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

— Anonymous

Copying is about reverse-engineering.

— Austin Kleon

It is a mistake to think that programmers wares are programs. Programmers have to produce trustworthy solutions and present it in the form of…

— Edsger Dijkstra

We’re no longer in the days where every program is super well crafted. But at the heart of the programs that make it to…

— Bill Gates

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the…

— Lawrence Lessig

Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.

— Alan Perlis