Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!nghiem From: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (nghiem) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Moebius patch (deprotection) and warning Summary: nonsense Message-ID: <12752@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 4 May 89 08:14:55 GMT References: Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 25 In article , al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andy A. Lee) writes: 1> You have just brought yourself a lawsuit with your "Meobius patch 1> (deprotection) and warning" message. How? First, publically you admitted 1> that you 'alternated' the Moebius source code without written permission of 1> the author. Such alternation is in DIRECT violation of the copyright law. 1> Second, it would be extremely easy for any lawyer to prove that your message 1> causes Moebius's author to loose sale on the software. You are responsible 1> for any lost of sale due to your message, i.e. those who are going to buy 1> a copy of the game now can 'copy' from their friends. The money lost in 1> sale could add up to serveral times your Carnegie Mellon tuition. 1> 1> It is perfectly legal to express your experiences with Moebius (and its 1> author company), but to post deprotection procedures is down right ILLEGAL, 1> irresponsible, and stupid. Think twice next time you decide to boast... Nonsense! The bulletin board networks (FIDO, OPUS, and others) are full of documents that publish deprotection schemes and other patches. In fact, a piece of the software I bought contained such a patch document that was posted to Compuserve. If you buy a piece of software, you can do what you want with it, even modify it if you have the knowledge. You will get in trouble if you DISTRIBUTE it in violation of copyright and licensing agreements because the source is not yours.