From: William Levak (wlevak_at_cyberspace.org)
Date: 2004-06-22 01:08:15
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Peter Karlsson wrote:
> Groepaz:
>
> > (what cracker would be stupid enough to try to enforce his rights and
> > admit breaking the law -as in cracking the software- at the same
> > time...)
>
> The act of cracking isn't (wasn't) necessarily against the law. And
> even (limited) spreading was allowed in some areas back in the days, so
> not all the cracks are illegal.
There is a clause in the United States copyright law that says the user
may modify the software in any way necessary to make it run.
That is ambiguous enough to cover a lot.
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