Re: Cracked Software

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Yahoo.com>]

Rubywand wrote:

>    Not "opposed only" so much as annoyed by a lack of gratitude for
> the work done by the crackers. The originals came in non-copiable form
> and crackers, when they truly succeeded, produced deprotected copies
> which can be archived for downloading. That is a valuable service.

	I still stand that the "Crack Screens" only detract from the game.
Besides, if these "crackers" really cracked these games at a time when
they were current, it was not then a service, but, in fact, pirating. 
 
>      It should not be terribly difficult to obtain 'clean' deprotected
> copies of many originals. All you need is the originals and a set of
> Computists. For several games, deprotects have been posted here and/or
> other places. No doubt, many users have already-deprotected 'clean'
> versions of some games.
> 
>      If you, Gabriel, and a few other users are willing to play-test
> deprotected copies, it should be possible to come up with a pretty
> decent collection of 'no-banner' deprotected oldies.

	This is all I want. I'd like these games to be permanently preserved
in their original form, playable on modern computers, as well as the
originals, from a Hard Disk Drive or any other sort of storage device,
deprotected, but otherwise unmodified.