On May 13, 9:34 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a better analogy would be an anti-aircraft missile, you don't > go deer hunting with a Stinger or SA-8, you use it to shoot down > aircraft. Since this tool really has only one real purpose, to allow > people to pirate code, I think the gun analogy is a bit off.
If your assumption is: piracy = evil, without any exception, then yes, you are right. But I don't agree with this. "Piracy" is a general term describing all activities that are against the license. I'm quite sure, that when you are backuping all of your installed apps to save you some data transfer, you are pirating some of them. But you don't feel like a bad guy then, do you? Modded HTC_IME is 100 times better than original - second one definitely lacks some features. Installing modded version is pirating, but is it really so evil? It won't take money away of HTC, will even make their app more popular - without these additional features I would probably go for BetterKeyboard. I'm interested in what people use my tool for, I google sometimes for it - that is how I found this thread. Also people ask about usage help, they report issues, request features, etc., so I have much feedback. I must say I have never found single one person using it for evil purposes. And by "evil" I mean: removing protection, stealing some code or resources, replacing original authors, reselling an app, etc. It was always about adding some lacking features, localizing, theming, etc. I ain't saying it was never used for evil, can't say it will never be. I'm saying that its main purpose isn't doing bad things. And this isn't just my assumption, it's observed fact. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
