Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???

[danbeaver]

I'm sorry but how does MorphOS fix the abandoned software issue?   I have Amiga hardware that runs Amiga software, not Apple hardware that emulates Amiga hardware to run SOME Amiga software. IBrowse 2.4 runs well, yeah it is out of date, but it runs on old hardware.  As a 68K program (with JavaScript.library blacklisted) it runs fast and tight on OS 4.1

[danbeaver]

Hmm...

We've all agreed that we use it, are willing to buy it, and to fully use it you need a "Key. But it is not for sale because it has been "abandoned"

So...
I wonder if, we "Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4?" Or perhaps consent to allowing unrestricted access to one of the "keys" floating on the web. If the source code was in the public domain, then issues of use and improvements would be a moot point.

This is the alternative to abandonware, not emulation.

*Ralph Babel was still active and updating his book when the previous edition was "torrent'd."  This activity affected his income (and pissed him off). Now, no book.

[danbeaver]

I did the same a week ago after questioning my decision first. Am I depriving the author of money?  No. Would I pay for a better program?  Yes. Is there such an place to send money to guarantee I will get a better product. Not yet

The next step is saying where that key is located on a .fr server in the "clefs" directory.

Folks, I don't hide behind an avatar name. My user name is my name

[danbeaver]

OK, not the real topic, but how do the Amiga programs written for an Agnus, Denise, and Paula run on a MorphOS system (which is APPLE hardware) without an Agnus, Denise, or Paula (let's ignore Gary, Ramsey, etc. for now)?

Wikipedia says, "Emulation addresses the original hardware and software environment of the digital object, and recreates it on a current machine."

This describes MorphOS, AROS, UAE and any software that pretends, imitates, or in any other fashion, lies to you saying it is an Amiga when it is not.  MorphOS does not "eat" Apple hardware and a bit later "crap" out the Amiga custom chip set; it only recreates an Amiga-like environment (and poorly since there is MorphOS software that will not run on an Amiga).

[danbeaver]

Wow!

A lot of sharing here.  I don't know whether to cry or rejoice.

Y'all please contact the developers/owners (if you think it will help).

1) If you can sleep at night with a key file that you could not pay for, then use it.  If you use a key file you WOULD not pay for, then you are not a nice person.

2) Opinions (semantics) are like anal orifices, most of us have them (barring anal agenesis and ostomies), and some of us are them.

[danbeaver]

This thread was about good software that can't be used fully because it needs a key file;  good software that would still generate a profit; good software that has been abandoned.  The discussion should deal with the implications of either "cracking" the key file or just openly listing the source of a valid key file.

It was not a thread on emulators.

It was not a thread on "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" of Amiga browsers.  Although that is nearer than discussing FPU's.  Maybe I should start a new new thread on the Browser Preferences.

[danbeaver]

Too less money for a feedback? ;-) May we should move the last postings in a new thread and close this one...

Absolutely put this in a new thread!

The original is a part of an ongoing ethical and perhaps legal argument. You can't just "close" a thread on ethics.