Good USE !!! that was funny... lol On May 14, 2:46 am, Ryszard Wiśniewski <brut.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 13, 9:34 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think a better analogy would be an anti-aircraft missile, you don't > > go deer hunting with a Stinger or SA-8, you use it to shoot down > > aircraft. Since this tool really has only one real purpose, to allow > > people to pirate code, I think the gun analogy is a bit off. > > If your assumption is: piracy = evil, without any exception, then yes, > you are right. But I don't agree with this. "Piracy" is a general term > describing all activities that are against the license. I'm quite > sure, that when you are backuping all of your installed apps to save > you some data transfer, you are pirating some of them. But you don't > feel like a bad guy then, do you? Modded HTC_IME is 100 times better > than original - second one definitely lacks some features. Installing > modded version is pirating, but is it really so evil? It won't take > money away of HTC, will even make their app more popular - without > these additional features I would probably go for BetterKeyboard. > > I'm interested in what people use my tool for, I google sometimes for > it - that is how I found this thread. Also people ask about usage > help, they report issues, request features, etc., so I have much > feedback. I must say I have never found single one person using it for > evil purposes. And by "evil" I mean: removing protection, stealing > some code or resources, replacing original authors, reselling an app, > etc. It was always about adding some lacking features, localizing, > theming, etc. > > I ain't saying it was never used for evil, can't say it will never be. > I'm saying that its main purpose isn't doing bad things. And this > isn't just my assumption, it's observed fact. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
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