Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 18:52:12 01/11/04
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On January 11, 2004 at 18:20:29, John Merlino wrote: >On January 11, 2004 at 17:02:27, Mathieu Pagé wrote: > >>On January 11, 2004 at 15:08:10, Darren Rushton wrote: >> >>> >>>>I think it is illegal to hack engines to make them play in an UI that is not is >>>>own. >>>> >>>>If it is the case and that the author (in this case M. de Koning and/or Ubisoft) >>>>did not allow this practice, i think this kind of massage is a violation of the >>>>charter and should not be permitted. >>>> >>>>Of course if the author of the engine do not bother there is no problem and that >>>>kind of topics can be discussed here. >>>> >>>>Just my 2 cents. >>>> >>>>Mathieu >>> >>> >>>Hmmm, thanks, but that wasn't exactly helpful - I followed Frank Quisinsky's >>>advice to obtain the opk number. So, by your reasoning, everyone who has done >>>this has violated UBIsoft's terms and conditions... >> >>Yes, I think, but i'm not sure. >> >>Why else did they put that opk protection ? >> >>again i'm not sure, maybe they don't bother and in that case I think there is no >>problem to discuss of that here. >> >>Mathieu > >The OPK protection is written such that you MUST have the Chessmaster program to >get the number, and the number is only good on YOUR computer until it is >rebooted. Therefore, there is no problem with using your copy of the program to >get the number, then using the engine in a different GUI. > >jm ok, I apologize, make like i had never posted. Like I said if the author accept it it's ok to discuss about it here IMO. Mathieu
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