Re: Cracked Software

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Eric Jacobs <mkjacobs@erols.com> wrote:

>Supertimer wrote:
>> 
>> Gabriel Morales <Togega@concentric.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >       What bothers me, though, is that the software (in it's original
form)
>> may no
>> >longer be available. I like to play games without "Craked by Whoever"
screens.
>> >       Is there some formal organization dedicated to the task of
preserving
>> older software?
>> 
>> It IS pretty disgusting to see molested programs like this.  I mean, it is
>> one thing if no one sells the programs any longer and Asimov has
>> them without hurting anyone.  It is another to actually put a "pirate
>> badge" on the programs.  Quite an insult to a programmer, actually.
>
>It is worthwhile to note, however, that many older Apple II programs
>have proprietary disk formats and their OS's will not read standard
>format disks. Therefore, simply dumping the disk on a 143360-byte .DSK
>file on asimov is not helpful to anyone without modifying the OS in
>some way to make it compatible with ordinary DOS 3.3 disk formatting.

I get the picture, but there is still no need to put "pirate badges" on
the programs.

I cracked SongWriter, a IIe music program, in order to remove the
copy protection (I actually owned the program, though) but I did not
put "cracked by so and so" screens!