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Stealing a library is easier than stealing a service.
by vbezhenar 6y ago
Stealing a library is easier than stealing a service.
- luismedel 6y agoYes. I suppose it’s the same with installable software. But it sells anyway.
- vbezhenar 6y agoOne example of this is computer games. There are games like StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, where server is required even for solo-playing and it's not possible to play offline. I think that one of the reasons is to make it harder to crack a game (as you would need to re-implement server) and to make a cracked game objectively worse (as your implementation will not be as polished).
- pjmlp 6y agoAnd a crime in both cases. https://www.bsa.org/ https://www.bsa.org/
- PeterisP 6y agoIncluding a stolen library you in commercial software that you distribute is easy to do but also easy to detect, so it only means that you're willing to pay a triple of the price in damages.
- gtirloni 6y agoNow you're in the business of policing your users. Not fun if what you like to do is solving problems with code.