Re: Cracked Software

[modus-dejanews@pr.es.to (Patrick Michael Kane)]

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:21:55 GMT, Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
>On 28 Jul 1998 15:22:54 GMT, modus-dejanews@pr.es.to (Patrick Michael
>Kane) wrote:
>
>>The question is not "How do we stop people from cracking programs and putting
>>their name all over them?".  Instead, the question is "How do we make sure
>>we are either preserving the original disk images or at least cleaning up
>>the intro screens from disk images that have already been cracked?".
>
>I'd go with recracking the originals so that you can be sure you are
>getting a good copy.  The original crackers may have done more than
>just add a new title screen.  They might have also modified other
>things in the program.

I agree, but oftentimes cleaning up the crack screen may be much easier
then hunting down a still-working copy of the virgin disk.

>Either way, I still don't think that the cracked versions should be
>made freely available.  It is one thing to want to preserve the
>software, but it is another thing entirely to give it away to
>everyone.

I guess we'll agree to disagree on this one. :-)
-- 
Patrick Michael Kane
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