So do cracks, keyfiles, etc., work or not?
If software is abandoned by the author and he no longer even offers registration (What! I assure you that Holger Kruse won't refuse free money), then I advocate doing whatever it takes to liberate the software. If the author doesn't care.... then he doesn't care.. about cracking, piracy of the program, etc. ;-)
>The fact that Kruse refuses to acknowledge any form of communication
I don't think this is a valid claim. Send a chicken and see what happens. I mean a check in. The Daily Show was talking about chickens just then.
>made it impossible for those of good faith to register the software: the site no longer exists
Do we have a snail address or email address that we know is now valid?
>And indeed in the USA the limit is now 95 years,
Money talks here. Best legislation money can buy.
>He didn't have to abandon us due to a few loudmouths.
Some people...
>He did mention that there were some serious "anti-theft" devices in place too.
A threat of this kind from Holger only fueled the "backdoor" claims.
>He was not impressed by the last person who did that.
References?
>I offered by email to the author to pay for it back then if it were to be released. I never heard a word
Odds are his spam filter got it. Try snail mail. It works.