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From: laba-4an@web2e.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Misc.
Message-ID: <7811@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 88 01:08:02 GMT
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Reply-To: laba-4an@web2e.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Andy McFadden)
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Summary: Whatever...

>Andy McFadden: I, too, think info-apple is a fine place to talk about
>  specific methods for deprotecting Apple software. It is an Apple forum,
>  for everything relating to Apples. And copy-protection teaches you many
>  things about the Apple. I find copy protection interesting. I have several
>games which I bought, deprotected, and never used (or traded) - the protection
>  was more interesting than the game. If you don't like it, don't read those
>  messages. I also support the distribution of Apple BBS numbers,
> regardless of what obnoxious names they have given themselves. Caveat hackor.
>  happen to believe that information should be shared, so it's true I have a
> knee-jerk reaction to anybody saying "Don't give this information here," but
>  in this case I think it is justified.
>Phil Goetz
>PGOETZ@LOYVAX.BITNET

Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.  The problem that often occurs
is that once deprotection methods start getting posted, everybody and his
cousin Fred start posting messages everywhere.

Saying that I shouldn't read those messages is fine, but tell that to the
usenet sysops who have to store these things, pass them down the line over
(often expensive) telephone lines, and so on.  I simply feel that there
are much better ways of distributing this kind of information.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have nothing against software
deprotection [unlike certain highly flammable people].  But there's no
point in blasting twenty gigabytes of info across the news.

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