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Those fair use exceptions only cover the process of reverse engineering specifically. From that article: "Reverse engineers execute code and/or make copies of software as part of analyzing the way the program works."

But distributing the code is not part of the reverse engineering process, so that fair use doesn't apply. Also from that article:

> It is highly risky to copy any code into a program you create as a result of reverse engineering, because that copy could infringe copyright unless it is a fair use under copyright law.



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