WineHQ should discourage the use of cracks
Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu
Tue Mar 4 10:02:08 CST 2008
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Dan Kegel wrote:
> "Gold: Application works flawlessly with some DLL overrides or other
> settings, crack etc. "
>
> I propose that we change the appdb ratings definitions
> so that an app that only works with a crack gets no higher
> than bronze.
I have mixed emotions on this -- I can understand the reluctance of folks,
that are only running an app for the purpose of testing, to shelling out
several kilobucks for a license... but I also am morally opposed to piracy
(it's why I got into the Linux realm in the first place). That said,
there are a couple proprietary programs that the users I support use that
have such poor support from the vendor that the users go ahead and buy the
licenses, but install a crack code -- just because it's easier than
dealing with the vendors... sigh.
I would vote for trying to find out what the cracks mentioned in the
database are _really_ about. Are they to allow offline playing of a game
that constantly "calls home," license fee avoidance, running on a non-supported
platform, other stuff? I wouldn't want a tester to "have" to lie about
whether or not they were running a fully licensed version just to let us
know about real issues.
Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu
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