Re: Cracked Software

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@concentric.net>]

Supertimer wrote:
>  
> 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!
 
> Have you noticed there seems to be quite a few programs that
> have no business being cracked....they were not originally
> copy protected, but the cracking groups break into them
> and add "pirate badges" just for the heck of it....sucks!

        This is exactly my concern. "Cracking" a program for the sake of removing
troublesome protection no longer needed is all right, but doing so "just for
the heck of it", as Supertimer puts it, is absolutely not.

        Now what if the original code becomes unavailable or the "cracked" version
more popular than the original? Since it seems that no one in particular is in
charge of preserving these titles intact, it seems plausible that this COULD happen.