Yes, I've actually watched whole documentaries on this case.
Also, YES! If the fucking Internet existed and Compaq had asked random people to write up what they knew about an architecture, and they took those notes, and built something new with it, IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY COVERED BY THAT CASE. THAT'S LITERALLY HOW MOST RETRO TECH IS MAINTAINED TODAY! THAT'S LITERALLY HOW ALL EMULATORS HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE PAST 20 YEARS!
You said it's "against the EULA." Have you read the fucking EULA? It looks like this Pretendo group is essentially asking for people to do full packet capture on their own data. That's probably not even in the EULA because it's so insanely obscure. But lots of people I know do full packet capture for reverse engineering.
topic is entirely out of scope for what I'm familiar with
Then shut the fuck up already you argumentative, idiotic piece of shit.