> Reverse engineering of programs has been around for a long time and
> will probably remain until everyone develops some sort of conscience.
Personally, I have used the decryptor a few times for different reasons;
We had a programmer leave and they left everything encrypted, so we had to
decrypt the files to update them and fix errors
The other time is a little like "reverse engineering" - I downloaded a tag
from the gallery which did "sort of" what I wanted, but not enough... I
decrypted it to see how they did one particular part, and then re-wrote it
to put it into my template... I didn't use their code at all, but used the
theory behind it - it saved a few hours of working out how it was done (or
waiting for someone to help on CF-Talk <g>)
Since I wouldn't decrypt a purchased product, nobody is losing any money
from they way I've done it... but it has been invaluable when saving time on
certain projects
Personally, I believe anything in the Tag Gallery (and is free) shouldn't be
encrypted as you're effectively giving away the files anyways...
The decrypting issue becomes one of ethics in the end (for non-purchased
products), but is a legal matter if it's a paid-for product - especially if
the company supplies an Open Source version at a cost
Philip Arnold
Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133
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