Many people who crack software never release what they do, and many of those
don't even use the software.  They are hardcore programmers that just love to
figure out how things work.  I know, it sounds strange, but some people think
that the things people do to make an image in POV-Ray is wierd too.

I have heard some people who do it can make money by revealing how they got
around the protection to the companies that make the software - kind of like
hackers that get a job doing computer security.

...but this is all unrelated to warez really, which is a blatant illegal act.
As to how it relates to POV-Ray, well, it doesn't.  POV-Ray is free!  If someone
doesn't think POV-Ray is any good, that's their problem, not ours.

-Mike

Johannes Hubert wrote:

> Thomas Lake wrote in message <37199110.D024DB48@home.com>...
> >Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >> You mention "small" warez things like cracked versions of 3DS. Can't see
> >> that as being a small thing myself.
> >
> >I meant the distinction between large scale pirating operations for money
> and
> >people cracking programs on their home pc.
>
> The problem with warez ("people cracking programs on their home pc") is not
> that those people are cracking the software - if it was for their own use!
> Usually they don't "crack-to-use" anyway, but just to crack. They are not
> really interested in actually using the cracked software much anyway - which
> means: They wouldn't have bought the software anyway - no harm done!
>
> At the first view!
>
> But what *really* pisses me off is, that those "home pc" crackers (which you
> define as "small") then *publish* the software on warez-sites, making the
> "cracked-for-fun-and-the-determintation-to-show-that-it-can-be-done"
> software available to unscrupulous users, like 3D artists without a
> conscience (hopefully there are only a few) that would otherwise actually
> have bought the product because they really need and use it, or even to
> those "we-are-in-it-for-the-money" software pirates that you say are bad.
>
> Do you really think that those pirates do their own cracks? Why should they?
> There are enough cracks around done by those oh-so-innocent "home-pc"
> crackers!
>
> Johannes.

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