Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 00:51:23 09/08/05
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On September 07, 2005 at 10:28:49, Rafael Vasquez wrote: >On September 06, 2005 at 10:16:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On September 06, 2005 at 08:43:09, Roman Hartmann wrote: >> >>>On September 06, 2005 at 08:35:08, Rafael Vasquez wrote: >>> >>>>On September 06, 2005 at 04:09:23, Steve Maughan wrote: >>>> >>>>>Ed, >>>>> >>>>>>What about pirating? >>>>> >>>>>Note that the UCI protocol does allow the author to invoke copy protection. >>>>> >>>>>Regards, >>>>> >>>>>Steve >>>>This is not True >>>> >>>>Shredder9 UCI DOES invoke copy protection. >>> >>>That's what Steve already stated. I remember there was some kind of >>>copyprotection coming along with Ruffian 2.X as well. So copyprotection isn't an >>>issue to leave UCI out obviously. >> >>Yeah, this kind of copyprotection works "really well"... >> >>Chess - Deep Sjeng 1.6 (UCI-WB) Cracked.rar >>Chess - Ruffian 2.0.2 (UCI-WB) Cracked.rar >>Chess - Ruffian 2.1.0 (UCI-WB) Cracked.rar >>Shredder 8 UCI_works in CB GUI.zip >> >>-- >>GCP >GianCarlo, > >One of the better copyprotection is Shredder's. That did not stop crackers. > >That the programs you listed >were UCI and were cracked doesn't mean that because >Zappa will not be UCI then will not be cracked. >It will be difficult to stop crackers as Zappa is the "WorldChampion" > >Or are you going to bet money on that Zappa won't be cracked? > >All existing software which is interesting to crackers is cracked. >And will continue until piracy stops. > >As for me, I like to contribute to programmers efforts. > >Rafael Sure it will be cracked if it become popular enough, it's impossible to make a perfect protection. I remember an old (commercial) ZX Spectrum program for teaching math for children. The program itself was ~10 KB, a complete crap, but the "anti-crack protection" was about 30 KB, a "masterpiece"! Spectrum's RAM was ~48 KB, AFAIK. One of my friends cracked it within 48 h, just for fun. Of course, the program wasn't worth the effort -:). Robert
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