bitstream to netlist

Decompiling the bitstream into netlist information is not something an FPGA vendor will do, as most customers would frown on that tool, to say the least. In many applications the bitstream can be viewed when configuring the FPGA(i.e. a third party could snoop that data). There are all sorts of ways to encrypt/protect this, but many applications don't do that. If it would be easy convert this bitstream to an understandable netlist, it would be easy for people with nefarious intentions to do harm(steal IP, modify systems, etc.) Because of this, there are no easy tools for decompiling the configuration bitstream.