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- From: rauchfuss@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss)
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:12:43 GMT
- Subject: Re: "Cracking" - What is Illegal about it?
- Message-ID: <137950007@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpfcso!rauchfuss
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- References: <1992Aug22.153343.25234@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Blackplague) writes:
- >
- > Actually, you are wrong. Many software licenses include the following
- > line.
- >
- > >You may not:
- > >b. modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble,
- > >cerate derivative works based on, or copy (except for the the
- > >backup copy) the program or the accompanying documentation;
- >
- > So, if the license that accompanies a piece of software includes this line
- > or one like it, Cracking (even for personal use) is strictly forbidden. As
- > for the posting of methods of cracking software, this is quite legal in the
- > United States.
- >
- > Blackplague
-
- Of course, I never signed a contract which said this. The line "Opening
- this software package is an agreement to the terms of this license." is very
- iffy, if it is ever tested in a court of law the judge would likely throw it
- out.
-
- BDR
-