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What the hell is OpenCandy?
Renegade:
Can anyone pick out anything in there that is shady?-Renegade (April 02, 2011, 08:01 AM)
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World of Warcrack. Definitely shady, ruiner of souls.
-f0dder (April 02, 2011, 08:13 AM)
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Hahahaha~! Yes... Games can be very addictive and waste your life. A few people die every year from playing non-stop and eventually just die of exhaustion.
40hz:
To be clear, in loud, bold, 20pt, red, all caps:
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<<SP>>
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...and centered. :)
-Renegade (April 02, 2011, 08:01 AM)
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Thank you Renegade! (Very elegant solution BTW. I like it!) ;D :Thmbsup:
40hz:
I'd guess a bit more than several years would depend on what the definition of several years is. Wink
-wraith808 (April 01, 2011, 10:20 PM)
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In my case "a bit more than several years " is about 40 - as in calendar, not biblical. :P
My first program was a Black Jack simulation written in FORTRAN 66 and installed on (if memory serves) a System/370-145 mainframe. ;)
app103:
Got a reply back from FSF:
> Would placing the proprietary closed source OCSetupHlp.dll file on
> a user's system without their permission and without offering the
> source, solely for the purpose of displaying ads during the install
> process and providing the developer with install/uninstall tracking
> statistics later on be considered a violation of the GPL when it is
> done by the installer of a GPL licensed application?
The way you describe the issue, the proprietary DLL is part of the
installer, not of the GPLed software. According to the GPL FAQ, "The
installer and the files it installs are separate works. As a result, the
terms of the GPL do not apply to the installation software."
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLCompatInstaller)
While it is unfortunate that some GPLed software would require a
proprietary installer, it is not a GPL violation.
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It makes sense to me now.
And another way to look at it could be this:
If you treat the application and its installer as 2 separate applications, while the software installed may not be adware or spyware, the OC powered installer is.
Renegade:
Thank you Renegade! (Very elegant solution BTW. I like it!) ;D :Thmbsup:
-40hz (April 02, 2011, 01:27 PM)
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I thought you'd get a kick out of that~! :D
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