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From: NOWAKO09@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (APPLE //GS - THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper
 clip trick)
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Date: 16 Nov 90 22:46:00 GMT
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Do you mean to imply that what I do with property I leagally purchase in my
own home is subject to corporate scrutiny? Then I should be in jail for
making cassatte backups of my LP's years ago. Also, if all I am buying is
a 'liscence' then that means the company can take back my software whenever
it wants! I seriously doubt this would hold up in court, just like those
liability statements on warranties don't (and haven't). I must agree that
once you have that program in your own home on your own computer you can
do ANYTHING you want with it, examine it, reverse engineer it, copy it,
smoke it, ANYTHING as long as you don't hand out your alterations or copies
to your friends, family and people on the street, it is absolutly RIDICULOUS
to think that I should be afraid of corporate wrath in my own home because I
want to do examine, copy, etc... a program I've bought. I would LOVE to see
the that come to trial! 'Your Honor the defendent did examine the code of the
program in question' 'Do you have any proof?' 'Uh well no....'
                                                        - Joe Nowakowski