On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:31 -0700, "Jerry James" wrote:

> I'm not speaking for Bob, but I believe their are few legal reasons to
> extract code from an MCU, aside from academic interest. :)

The one that springs to mind is the scenario where you think someone has
copied your code and you need to extract theirs to find out if it is
identical.

Code protecting microcontrollers, even if not 100% secure, is effective
on a non-technical basis. You are showing due diligence by "protecting
your intellectual property".

It doesn't need to be perfect, just like software copy protection
methods are not perfect yet still continue to be used. Thankfully
microcontroller protection doesn't have the side-effects to the user
that software copy protection often has.

Bob

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