Dave Pearson
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Apr 22, 2003, 4:49 AM
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Re: What program can uncomple the aircraft MDL file in order to edit the original model?
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* Tom Gibson <nope@antispam.com>:
> 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!
True, this can be a problem when dealing with dishonest people. Thankfully,
in the world of free software (I dabble there) people often cite this as a
concern but I've yet to actually suffer the consequences. Honest people
generally do the honest thing.
> Thus, I'm grateful that the MDL file is currently a closed book. :)
Indeed, obscurity does help from time to time. My question, however, wasn't
so much about why some people might like the obscurity but was, instead,
about the apparent suggestion that nobody would ever release free-of-cost
aircraft if this obscurity didn't exist.
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Dave Pearson
http://www.davep.org/
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