CompuServe Thread

#Code Wheel CP

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#133617From: Marc BaimeJul 7, 1988 9:03 AM
I don't think it's a rationalization. I think once at the beginning would have done the trick. I bought the software. I'm not giving it to anyone else. It just became a pain to use that wheel each time you started anything. I've patched my version and I'm much happier with it. Patching my software is not immoral, unethical, or illegal so long as I'm not giving the software to others. Some people have more scruples than common sense.
#133618From: Steve AhlstromJul 7, 1988 9:26 AM
I agree. As a legal owner of the software you can whatever you want with it including removing the code wheel protection. If I owned Interceptor I'd stick it on HD and get rid of the code wheel. The problem I see with the mass distribution of the technique itself is that it would encourage the theft of the product. The distribution of the info itself is not illegal (see the books on how to build your own atomic bomb — every thing you need 'cept the plutonium — ya gotta steal that). But, it is questionable ethically.
#133762From: Black Belt SystemsJul 8, 1988 9:47 PM
That is quite correct – you have ecery right to patch it, imho. What you don't have is the right to give the patch out, and that's what I was discussing with Larry. Sorry if I wasn't being clear. –Ben–