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Subject: Re: Moderation - About Hacking threads

Author: Andrew Dados

Date: 03:00:04 08/26/99

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On August 26, 1999 at 05:38:08, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>On August 26, 1999 at 05:13:32, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:
>
>>There are two severe mistakes in your posting:
>>
>>first the term hacking: to modify a code is not necessarely to hack it
>>
>>second: it is not illegal in some countries (esp. in Europe) under some
>>conditions (and it is not needed to ask for permission)
>>
>>ciao
>>Franz
>
>If the copyright of the program says you cannot alter it then you cannot, so
>does that mean if you belong to one of these countries it gives you the right to
>post on here and say hey Ed (Rebel) stuff you, here is the crack for everyone to
>use to crack your program and use it for free.
>
>I do not think so, I doubt very much that any country allows cracking or hacking
>of programs, I know for one thing that Microsoft does not want anyone touching
>their operating system or altering it.
>
>you say under some conditions, well this is a condition where you have to ask
>before you do.
>
>As for hacking, it mean getting into the program to either alter or change it,
>otherwise there is no need to hack a program. So I think your two points are not
>clear.

 Duh... here we go again...
I will repeat myself: *noone talked about modifying CM file* (in fact it would
be impossible probably). We were discussing writing external adapter for King
engine...



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