Author: Johan de Koning
Date: 00:42:58 09/08/03
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On September 07, 2003 at 18:08:14, Mike Byrne wrote: >On September 07, 2003 at 17:17:31, George Tsavdaris wrote: > >>On September 07, 2003 at 17:06:18, George Jones wrote: >> >>>On September 07, 2003 at 16:53:35, Mike Byrne wrote: >>> >>>>On September 07, 2003 at 14:28:18, George Jones wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 07, 2003 at 14:19:25, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 07, 2003 at 14:13:22, Afzal Siddique wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On September 07, 2003 at 13:29:38, George Jones wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>There was a very simple technique for using chessmaster in fritz renaming the >>>>>>>>king engine to deadking, anyone have a link to these instructions? I forgot how >>>>>>>>to do it and no longer have the link, thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hello. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>well i dont have its site but i have all the contents of deadking zipped.. soo >>>>>>>if u want it u jus gimme a mail at afzalsiddique@hotmail.com and i will reply >>>>>>>back with the zipped file >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Best, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Afzal >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We all should not support tools that are determined to crack >>>>>> commercial software. >>>>>> Kurt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Excuse me, I am a Registered Owner of CM9000. >>>> >>>>Even as a registered user, if you are using deadking, you are using illegal >>>>software which is forbidden topic here based on the charter. Period - end of >>>>story. No more posts about deadking in this forum. You may post deadking >>>>question at r.g.c.c as that forum is unmoderated. >>>> >>>>Michael Byrne >>>>Moderator >>> >>> >>> I didn't know that deadking was illegal or pirated software, did you ever once >>>think that as a possiblility before you "Rushed to Judgement" >>>although frankly I don't feel guilty one bit I Paid my 30 dollars for the >>>product so you and whoever else can go to hell period!! >> >>Why such nerves? He didn't accuse you for something. He said only that >>discussions about pirated software is a forbidden topic in this forum. >>Although i disagree that deadking is something illegal. If you purchased >>CM9000 then i think it's legal to use deadking. >>Anyway we should define pirated/illegal software, because perhaps Mike's >>definition might be different from mine. > >My definition is quite simple. If the software violates the licenisng >agreement, it is illegal. I have read the UBI Soft licensing agreement and like >most agreements, distrubuting licensed modified code to others (registered or >not registered ) users is prohibited. That is exactly what deadking is, it is a >distributution of modified code that was governed by the licensing agreement >which explicitly forbade that. > >But perhaps, I am wrong -- so I will pose the question to the author of the "The >King" and one of our esteemed members of CCC, Johan de Koning, about the >legality of "deadking". > >Johan - are your views of the legality of the "deadking" - modified "the king" >engine code that allows the user to use the "The King" engine in the Fritz >enviroment without ever requiring the OPK code? Tough question. :-) What does your average lawyer think about the weight of Rook access to e5? And would their opinion matter? Even engine programmers don't care if it's 5 or 10, because it doesn't matter. Likewise, even lawyers don't care if OPK recipes or cracks are on the left or right side of some imaginary thin line. Unless they're told to make the line real and thick, by someone who feels his business is being threatened. That won't happen regarding Chessmaster, but nevertheless the ongoing battle between the recording industry and the music sharing crowd is something worth watching from the sideline. The bottom line is that my views on legality are none and void. My views on copy protection in general are simple: it annoys developpers and users, but management always decides in favor. IMHO a cool box, a nice manual, the feeling of the real thing, and a low price should be enough to preempt large scale piracy of software, or any mediaware. But that's just MHO, and I'd welcome any decent research on the subject. :-) ... Johan
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