Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 02:03:30 09/08/03
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On September 08, 2003 at 03:42:58, Johan de Koning wrote: >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 You have my respect, sir. Frank (I always imagined that most of those who pirate reasonably priced stuff would not buy it anyway. I wonder whether many of the individual priates use the stuff they have anyway - maybe it is just like stamp collecting.).
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