Tom Gibson
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Apr 17, 2003, 1:31 PM
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Re: What program can uncomple the aircraft MDL file in order to edit
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Hi Dave,
As in Bill's case I'm happy to send my source code to someone that is
competent and knows how to build aircraft. Many interesting and
improved versions of my planes have resulted from that.
However, if everyone had the ability to hack the MDL files, the problem
for me is support - the new "authors" (hackers) would often leave MY
email address in their text files (and often does not add theirs), and
thus I get a flood of "Help!" emails from people who have downloaded a
plane with problems generated by someone else! (currently this often
happens with repainters, so I'm sure it would happen with hackers too)
While I try my best to help them with simple problems, I do not have the
time to try to track down and solve complicated problems generated by
someone else I don't even know!
Thus, I'm grateful that the MDL file is currently a closed book. :)
Hope this helps!
Dave Pearson wrote:
> * Bill Leaming <n4gix@attbi.com>:
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>>Otherwise, we developers wouldn't bother making freeware a/c to share.
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> Why? I can understand that individual developers want to release "closed"
> products for which they don't charge but I'd be surprised to find that every
> single aircraft developer doesn't wish to share the "source" of their
> creation so as to aid others.
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