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Article #720043Re: Specially for you, Ross
From: john... John Lewis
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:53
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:53
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On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:25:24 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net> wrote: >"Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >say: > >>CDProjekt CEO is a former cracker and software pirate >> >>http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/cdprojekt-ceo-is-a-former-cracker-and-software-pirate.69815/ > >You don't actually read these before you post them do you? > >So he was a "pirate" when copying software was NOT ILLEGAL in his >country? > >And when did CD Projekt get formed? >Oh the same year copying software became illegal in that country. > >So he "pirated" when it was legal, then formed his own software company >when it became illegal. And realizing how customer-unfriendly DRM was and breaking it on behalf of the game-players, his company now only sells DRM-free games INCLUDING THOSE DEVELOPED BY HIS OWN TEAM. As the saying goes "Puts his money where his mouth is" by releasing them DRM-free on Gog.com. If you find the Witcher games released elsewhere with DRM, please note that is a layer deliberately added by those game-distributors... Steam, Gamersgate, etc... GOG does not charge a price-premium for the DRM-free benefit. John Lewis >A high schooler who did something that wasn't illegal where he was then >went totally legit, yep he's a criminal for life. > >Since he's publicly admitted what he did back then, don't you think he'd >have been arrested and charged if he'd actually committed a crime? > >Maybe next you can write about all the people who used cocaine in the >USA when it was still legal and paint them as criminal druggies since >it's not legal there now. > >You're not a criminal if what you did is/was legal where/when you did >it. > >Xocyll
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