Submission + - History of Software Cracking (blogcritics.org)
icarus writes: Can software cracking and piracy be beneficial to the software industry? Why do software crackers do what they do without any monetary incentives?
This article looks at the history of software cracking, in context of reverse engineering and then attempts to look at its impact. And finally jumps to the conclusion that the greatest positive effect of software crackers was the creation of the "demoscene".
This article looks at the history of software cracking, in context of reverse engineering and then attempts to look at its impact. And finally jumps to the conclusion that the greatest positive effect of software crackers was the creation of the "demoscene".
