Mike Davis wrote in message <38234@palm-dev-forum>...
>> On 04-Feb-01 at 05:26:25,
>> Mike Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >> mean by "crack software" and "application ID"? Is there a known
>> >> program that people use to circumvent registration of Palm
>> >> applications?
>>
>> > Sorry, but I'm not going to advertize for any of this illegal
>> > software. I was just using terms that are already known by
>> > developers.
>>
>> While i agree with you, is not the software which is illegal but the
>> use the people make of it. In my application i decided to not
>> introduce any form of copy protection... my market is well defined and
>> is difficult for someone else to use a copy of my program.. the
>> copy-protection scheme is on the hotsync server :-)
>
>You are wrong! No software can crack an application without first
>reverse engineering or decompiling the application which in most
>cases is in an of itself a copyright violation. Any software
>produced from such illegal means is also an infringement.
>
Sorry, but reverse engineering is not only not illegal, it is a right which
you can not even sign away -- that is, a license which includes terms
against reverse engineering may be invalid in certain jurisdictions.
Here is an excerpt on reverse engineering from an amicus curae (sp?)
brief filed pertaining the DVD/CSS matter ...
http://bioinformatics.ucsf.edu/bwtaylor/dvd/amicus/2nd_Cir/rev_eng
The relevant US code (�1201(f)(1-4)) can be read here:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/1201.html#f
Now, granted you can't sell a program that you've cracked
through reverse engineering ... but reverse engineering
itself is not against the law, in fact it is specifically permitted
as a valid reason for circumventing copy protection mechanisms!
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
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