Whos law or laws are we talking about here, Microsoft's? Greg On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:51:05PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote: > Why not just save up and buy the support? I know it's stupid, but it's > legal. I'd rather abide by the law, rather than have everything I wanted by > getting it the hard way. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:41 PM > Subject: Re: interesting story > > > Oh Well. Just goes to show you how crappy the registry is. Will have to > check out jfw.cps in a hexeditor sometime to see if I can figure out what > flag is set and modify it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ameer Armaly <Ameer_Armaly at hotmail.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: interesting story > > > > it's not a reg key. It's a flag in the auth file. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:47 PM > > Subject: Re: interesting story > > > > > > Hi Alex. Now there's one thing that I don't think has been cracked or > > avoided yet. I think I could use my box to image an nt authorization, and > > then copy it onto a fat formatted disk for others to use. Now as for > > tricking Winblows into thinking that jfw is registered under w2k, will > have > > to search the various reg keys for that one. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:33 PM > > Subject: Re: interesting story > > > > > > > So Do I. Can't use it though because I don't got jaws "NT > authorisation". > > > Maybe there's a crack for that also? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM > > > Subject: Re: interesting story > > > > > > > > > > Yeah. A friend of mine surprised me the other day by cheerfully > > informing > > > me that he's got a cd of a cracked copy of windows xp. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:22:42PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > > Sounds just like Microcrap. Hypocritical. > > > > > And about that xp activation thing, it's been cracked. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com> > > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:33 PM > > > > > Subject: interesting story > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all. Hope this is of interest. > > > > > > > > > > Did Microsoft Flirt With Piracy? > > > > > > > > > > Complaints about open-source software policy > reveal > > > piracy > > > > > rap > > > > > in France. > > > > > Kim Zetter, special to PCWorld.com > > > > > Thursday, May 09, 2002 > > > > > While Microsoft cracks down on software pirates > the > > > world > > > > > over, the software giant itself was quietly > > convicted > > > of > > > > > piracy charges in France last fall--and the case, > > > while > > > > > supposedly under appeal, may cost the company some > > > > > business. > > > > > The French division of Microsoft is facing a fine > of > > > about > > > > > $422,000 for illegal use of another company's > source > > > code > > > > > in > > > > > an animation program called Softimage 3D. The > > program > > > has > > > > > been > > > > > used to create such films as The Matrix, Men in > > Black, > > > and > > > > > Star Wars. But the dispute itself was cited by a > > > > > governmental > > > > > buyer who contends Microsoft should not complain > > about > > > > > pirates > > > > > when it is guilty of the same transgression. > > Microsoft > > > did > > > > > not > > > > > respond to requests for comment. > > > > > Borrowed Code > > > > > The issue started in 1995 when Microsoft France > > > purchased > > > > > Softimage, a Canadian company that developed the > 3D > > > CGI > > > > > animation program Softimage 3D. The acquired > company > > > was > > > > > accused of illegally lifting source code from a > > > > > proprietary > > > > > program called Character, developed by the owners > of > > > Syn'x > > > > > Relief, a company near Paris. > > > > > In 1994, Softimage had negotiated with Syn'x about > > > > > integrating > > > > > parts of the Character program into Softimage 3D. > > But > > > the > > > > > deal > > > > > fell through when Softimage demanded all rights to > > the > > > > > code, > > > > > according to a report in PC World Malta. In 1995, > > when > > > > > Syn'x > > > > > severed its relationship with Microsoft-Softimage, > > the > > > > > company > > > > > assured Syn'x that it had removed "some or all" of > > > > > Character > > > > > from its software. But Syn'x charges that > > > > > Microsoft-Softimage > > > > > removed only one part of the code, and retained > > eight > > > > > other > > > > > functions that Character's developers had > registered > > > with > > > > > the > > > > > French National Intellectual Property Institute. > > > > > After Syn'x sent two letters to Softimage and > > > Microsoft > > > > > demanding the functions be removed, the company > > filed > > > > > suit. In > > > > > 1998, Microsoft sold Softimage to Avid > Technologies > > > but > > > > > remained responsible for the legal infringements > of > > > its > > > > > former > > > > > wholly owned subsidiary. > > > > > Although Syn'x eventually fell into bankruptcy as > a > > > result > > > > > of > > > > > the case, the program's authors continued their > > fight. > > > > > Last > > > > > September the Commercial Court of Nanterre, France > , > > > > > awarded > > > > > Syn'x the judgment for damages and interest. > > Microsoft > > > has > > > > > vowed to appeal the decision. > > > > > Sales Pitch Rebuffed > > > > > Microsoft's brush with piracy in France came to > > light > > > only > > > > > this week. The case was overshadowed at the time > by > > > the > > > > > focus > > > > > on the September 11 terrorist attacks. But > recently > > a > > > > > Peruvian > > > > > congressman raised the issue in regard to a > > Microsoft > > > > > contract. > > > > > Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nu?ez corresponded in > > April > > > > > with > > > > > Microsoft's general manager in Peru over proposed > > > > > legislation > > > > > there that would require any software used by the > > > Peruvian > > > > > government to be open source (or "free software," > as > > > it's > > > > > referred to in Peru). Microsoft representatives > > > protested > > > > > the > > > > > plan, writing the congressman that producing > > > open-source > > > > > software makes a software company vulnerable to > > piracy > > > of > > > > > its > > > > > intellectual property by competitors. If Peru > > mandates > > > the > > > > > use > > > > > of open-source software by government agencies, it > > > "would > > > > > establish discriminatory and noncompetitive > > practices > > > in > > > > > the > > > > > contracting and purchasing" of software by public > > > bodies, > > > > > Microsoft stated. > > > > > Nu?ez was apparently not persuaded. He replied to > > > > > Microsoft: > > > > > "The inclusion of the intellectual property of > > others > > > in > > > > > works > > > > > claimed as one's own is not a practice that has > been > > > noted > > > > > in > > > > > the [open-source] software community; whereas, > > > > > unfortunately, > > > > > it has been in the area of proprietary software." > He > > > cited > > > > > specifically Microsoft's conviction by the > > Commercial > > > > > Court of > > > > > France, "for violation of intellectual property > > > (piracy, > > > > > to > > > > > use the unfortunate term that your firm commonly > > uses > > > in > > > > > its > > > > > publicity)." > > > > > Meanwhile, Microsoft remains one of the most > > outspoken > > > > > critics > > > > > of piracy, aggressively pursuing violators and > > urging > > > > > authorities to crack down on anyone who illegally > > > copies > > > > > its > > > > > software. The company even went so far as to > include > > > an > > > > > Activation Wizard in Windows XP, which prevents > > > customers > > > > > from > > > > > loading a single copy of XP onto more than one PC. > > The > > > > > company > > > > > amended the policy after user outcry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
