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Old 06-29-2007, 06:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chrisalviola View Post
but owning the software makes you free to do what you want?
or is the cracking part only disqualify you to have technical help.
No, this is wrong, you don't own the software, you own license to use the software. In using that license you must agree to the EULA (End User License Agreement). Once you've agreed to that (installed it basically) then you cannot edit ANYTHING that the game comes with or puts there.

That is what Open Source is for, you can edit that all you want. Mainly becuase it's free and released under the GPL (General Public License) this means anyone can edit anythign, the authors will usually publish the source code as well, and usually encourage users to edit and enhance (linux....)

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