interesting story

Ameer Armaly Ameer_Armaly at hotmail.com
Wed May 15 20:21:05 EDT 2002


Same here, but I'm not a free software freak.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: interesting story


> You can't image the disk.  I think there's hard errors on it to prevent me
> from doing just that.  The best thing to do is find out exactly what
> hjauth.exe does.  That would be great If I could run 2k or xp on this box
> aspecially cause I'm running a server.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:47 PM
> Subject: Re: interesting story
>
>
> 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 -----
> From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> 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" <greg at romualt.dhs.org>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: interesting story
> >
> >
> > > 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" <igueths at attbi.com>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > 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 Nuñez 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.
> > > >                   Nuñez 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.
> The
> > > > company
> > > >                   amended the policy after user outcry.
> > > >
> > > >
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