From:	"Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel" <kalum AT newmail DOT net>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 1999 06:37:25 +0600
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Subject:	Re: fprintf() and using under graphic modes
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On 26 Nov 99, at 15:22, Shawn Hargreaves wrote:

> Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel replied:
> > So IMHO you should be able to bundle the trial univbe version and 
> > a program to crack it (there are sooo many on the www) with your 
> > game without any copyright infringment  or illegal things occuring. 
> 
> That sounds extremely illegal to me!

Actually Shawn, what made me suggest this was as the game 
company which market's Settlers2 distributed univbe on there cd in 
this way (ie unmodified trial version plus a crack to "register" it) So 
i was wondering that maybe a responsible game company wouldn't 
do it if it is illegal. (They wouldn't want to take the chance of being 
sued)

And maybe since they are distributing the trial version (allowed by 
scitech) and I don't think scitech really can say anything about you 
distributing a crack program seperately (ie:- you arent cracking 
univbe yourself , you arent distributing the cracked version and you 
should be able to distribute a program (the crack) if the author 
allows it, without restrictions by other companies (scitech)) there 
really maybe no illlegal issue happening.

I might be wrong but any comment's would be much appreciated.

Bye,
Grendel.

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