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Re: lynx-dev Windows port of ash posted to alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc
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Re: lynx-dev Windows port of ash posted to alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc |
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Wed, 10 May 2000 18:46:25 -0400 |
> * From: David Combs <address@hidden>
> * Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:00:24 -0700
>On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 02:46:52PM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
>> In case anyone has the Windows native (not Cygwin) version of GNU
>> textutils and fileutils in their c:\bin or c:\windows\command
>> directories, I've posted an sh.exe executable in
>>
>> alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc
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>Why THAT site?
>
>I thought that the word "warez" denoted STOLEN software,
>that has been "CRACKED" by "crackers", people who figure
>out how to defeat passwords, crypto, etc, of packages
>that allow download for trial periods, thus transforming
>them into "permanent" programs -- ie STEALING it from
>the writer/vendor.
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>(The list I'm on re warez is about protecting yourself
>FROM these people).
No kidding. How very colorful. And, so relevant to the posted
article.
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