someone is selling Diacom compatible cables

[gabe]

Can we please stop all this guilty until proven innocent stuff...  Are we
absolutely certain that there is no other use for such a cable than piracy.
Yes, piracy is wrong, but lets not point fingers without facts and most
importantly, proof.....

Gabe

Dave Plummer wrote:

> > So who is Ed Rhumba?  I don't recall the name.
> >
> > Is this cable patented?  I truly doubt it.
>
> Of course not.  The point is that anyone who uses it does so exclusively to
> pirate the software.  People that write software for a living (not to
> mention any names, but ME) spend considerable time and effort to do so, and
> being ripped off is no fun.  Imagine that feeling you'd have if after years
> of sweat and labor on your car someone boosted it out of a parking lot.
> Hey, GM charges way too much for their cars, right?  And every other
> justification pirates use...
>
> If someone wants to write a freeware package that works in conjuction with
> the Diacom-style cable, great, that'd be a huge contribution to this
> community!  However, until then, there are no other software packages that
> do, and that means every cable sold for anything other than to replace a
> defective real Diacom cable is sold to commit a crime.  It's that simple.
>
> - Dave
>
> My opinions only.
>
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