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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:54:12 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> You can't do that (by definition) with closed-source software.
>
> That's not really true. There are plenty of ways of fixing software
> without the source. They're a PITA, yes, but it can be done.
Not really saying it's impossible, but you have to really know how the
software works in order to write a binary-only patch. But sure, hackers
have been doing that for years to remove copy protection from games (for
example).
But many programmers don't even know how to do that.
Jim
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