Re: Cracked Software

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Gabriel Morales writes ...
> 
> Supertimer wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps, but today those screens are just grafitti.  I recall seeing
> > some that are racially offensive ("Klu Klux Klan" something).
> >
> > If you want to preserve the original look and feel of something, it
> > makes sense to "remove the grafitti"...I suggest that anyone using
> > the Asimov site and has the ability to remove the screens do so
> > and upload a cleaned up image.
> 
>         I completely agree with Supertimer. Graffiti is graffiti no matter when it
> was made.
>         Rubywand & tws remind me of a chair that I once read about which was
> �graffitied� upon in the early 1800's, I believe. Well, suffice to say, that
> after almost two centuries the graffiti has not been removed from the chair
> and it is now on display- graffiti and everything. According to the museum it
> is a "historical" thing, to me, it's just being ridiculous and it detracts
> from the chair�s original form.


     One nice thing about Csa2 is that we can openly express conflicting
views and, sometimes, 'agree to disagree'. You feel that some 'credit
patch' from The Whip, Dr. Micro, etc. detracts from the intro; I believe
it is useful information which is, in any case, a reasonable trade-off.

     The plain fact remains that a crack which makes a game copiable and
fully playable adds significantly to the game's value. It seems only
fair to let those who did the work get credit.


 
Rubywand