Dave Pearson
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Apr 17, 2003, 12:12 PM
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Re: What program can uncomple the aircraft MDL file in order to edit the original model?
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* C Yank <nunyabiz@ness.com>:
> "Dave Pearson" <davep.news@davep.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnb9sps1.umq.davep.news@hagbard.davep.org...
> | * 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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> Just because something is tagged "freeware" doesn't mean people are given
> automatic right to disassemble code. For the life of me, I've never
> understood some people's reasoning that "oh, it's freeware, so I'll reverse
> engineer it and make it better". Freeware means just that: free. Doesn't
> mean "disassembleware".
Then it's a good thing I didn't actually suggest that "freeware" means that
isn't it? Perhaps you missed the point of the question I was asking?
Moreover, "freeware" can and does have a number of different means. To some
it means "free of cost", to others it means "freely available for whatever
purpose you desire". That "some" I have in mind is the developer and their
motivation.
And, as for trying to understand why people might want to make things
better, that's not that hard. It can be about the motivation to make
something better (cf: the Free Software movement).
> Jeez.
Huh?
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Dave Pearson
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