Re: Cracked Software

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> modus-dejanews@pr.es.to (Patrick Michael Kane) wrote:
> 
> >On 31 Jul 1998 03:13:02 GMT, Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Well if the owner of Asimov himself thinks it is a good idea to
> >>at least have unmolested versions of the programs, I can't think
> >>why anyone would be opposed.
> >
> >Umm.  Let me clarify.  I said I would happily accept "de-introed" versions
> >of the cracked games, but I did not say I would replace the "intored"
> >versions.
> >
> >Why have only one choice when you can have two ... some people like the
> >screens, some don't.  I know many of the games I played in my youth I only
> >ever saw with the intro screens, so I can see both points of view.
> 
> Me too, I was just speaking out against the "opposed only" point
> of view.

 ....


     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.

     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.




Rubywand