From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com ([204.127.202.63]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1787aN-0000zU-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 18:49:31 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.156]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020515224904.BWEI19355.sccrmhc03.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 22:49:04 +0000 Message-ID: <003701c1fc62$83402c20$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <001a01c1fb9f$cd21c9c0$02263e18@mycomputer> <00b601c1fc45$e3348ee0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> <20020515142852.D2191@romualt.dhs.org> <000c01c1fc47$5a2905c0$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> Subject: Re: interesting story Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 18:47:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Alex. Now there's one thing that I don't think has been cracked or = avoided yet. I think I could use my box to image an nt authorization, = and then copy it onto a fat formatted disk for others to use. Now as for = tricking Winblows into thinking that jfw is registered under w2k, will = have to search the various reg keys for that one. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alex Snow To: Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: interesting story > So Do I. Can't use it though because I don't got jaws "NT = authorisation". > Maybe there's a crack for that also? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: interesting story >=20 >=20 > > Yeah. A friend of mine surprised me the other day by cheerfully = informing > me that he's got a cd of a cracked copy of windows xp. > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:22:42PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Sounds just like Microcrap. Hypocritical. > > > And about that xp activation thing, it's been cracked. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Igor Gueths" > > > To: > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:33 PM > > > Subject: interesting story > > > > > > > > > Hi all. Hope this is of interest. > > > > > > Did Microsoft Flirt With Piracy? > > > > > > Complaints about open-source software policy = reveal > piracy > > > rap > > > in France. > > > Kim Zetter, special to PCWorld.com > > > Thursday, May 09, 2002 > > > While Microsoft cracks down on software pirates = the > world > > > over, the software giant itself was quietly = convicted > of > > > piracy charges in France last fall--and the = case, > while > > > supposedly under appeal, may cost the company = some > > > business. > > > The French division of Microsoft is facing a = fine of > about > > > $422,000 for illegal use of another company's = source > code > > > in > > > an animation program called Softimage 3D. The = program > has > > > been > > > used to create such films as The Matrix, Men in = Black, > and > > > Star Wars. But the dispute itself was cited by a > > > governmental > > > buyer who contends Microsoft should not complain = about > > > pirates > > > when it is guilty of the same transgression. = Microsoft > did > > > not > > > respond to requests for comment. > > > Borrowed Code > > > The issue started in 1995 when Microsoft France > purchased > > > Softimage, a Canadian company that developed the = 3D > CGI > > > animation program Softimage 3D. The acquired = company > was > > > accused of illegally lifting source code from a > > > proprietary > > > program called Character, developed by the = owners of > Syn'x > > > Relief, a company near Paris. > > > In 1994, Softimage had negotiated with Syn'x = about > > > integrating > > > parts of the Character program into Softimage = 3D. But > the > > > deal > > > fell through when Softimage demanded all rights = to the > > > code, > > > according to a report in PC World Malta. In = 1995, when > > > Syn'x > > > severed its relationship with = Microsoft-Softimage, the > > > company > > > assured Syn'x that it had removed "some or all" = of > > > Character > > > from its software. But Syn'x charges that > > > Microsoft-Softimage > > > removed only one part of the code, and retained = eight > > > other > > > functions that Character's developers had = registered > with > > > the > > > French National Intellectual Property Institute. > > > After Syn'x sent two letters to Softimage and > Microsoft > > > demanding the functions be removed, the company = filed > > > suit. In > > > 1998, Microsoft sold Softimage to Avid = Technologies > but > > > remained responsible for the legal infringements = of > its > > > former > > > wholly owned subsidiary. > > > Although Syn'x eventually fell into bankruptcy = as a > result > > > of > > > the case, the program's authors continued their = fight. > > > Last > > > September the Commercial Court of Nanterre, = France, > > > awarded > > > Syn'x the judgment for damages and interest. = Microsoft > has > > > vowed to appeal the decision. > > > Sales Pitch Rebuffed > > > Microsoft's brush with piracy in France came to = light > only > > > this week. The case was overshadowed at the time = by > the > > > focus > > > on the September 11 terrorist attacks. But = recently a > > > Peruvian > > > congressman raised the issue in regard to a = Microsoft > > > contract. > > > Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nu=F1ez corresponded = in April > > > with > > > Microsoft's general manager in Peru over = proposed > > > legislation > > > there that would require any software used by = the > Peruvian > > > government to be open source (or "free = software," as > it's > > > referred to in Peru). Microsoft representatives > protested > > > the > > > plan, writing the congressman that producing > open-source > > > software makes a software company vulnerable to = piracy > of > > > its > > > intellectual property by competitors. If Peru = mandates > the > > > use > > > of open-source software by government agencies, = it > "would > > > establish discriminatory and noncompetitive = practices > in > > > the > > > contracting and purchasing" of software by = public > bodies, > > > Microsoft stated. > > > Nu=F1ez was apparently not persuaded. He replied = to > > > Microsoft: > > > "The inclusion of the intellectual property of = others > in > > > works > > > claimed as one's own is not a practice that has = been > noted > > > in > > > the [open-source] software community; whereas, > > > unfortunately, > > > it has been in the area of proprietary = software." He > cited > > > specifically Microsoft's conviction by the = Commercial > > > Court of > > > France, "for violation of intellectual property > (piracy, > > > to > > > use the unfortunate term that your firm commonly = uses > in > > > its > > > publicity)." > > > Meanwhile, Microsoft remains one of the most = outspoken > > > critics > > > of piracy, aggressively pursuing violators and = urging > > > authorities to crack down on anyone who = illegally > copies > > > its > > > software. The company even went so far as to = include > an > > > Activation Wizard in Windows XP, which prevents > customers > > > from > > > loading a single copy of XP onto more than one = PC. 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