Knowledge about the popularity of pirated software, and the industry of piracy
Profit for the use of pirated software behavior, such as the sale of pirated software, developed the use of pirated commercial software development tools is required and should be condemned by the sanctions, please do not consciously buy five yuan a pirated CDs, pirated download to go.
However, if the use of pirated software is a personal act, the Chinese people in income Gao, the Chinese software industry under the premise of backward, lining up Dao copyright piracy software is not only a moral level looked very fitted, also will not get more of the resonance – because What did you say may be 99% of the people, and genuine of the beneficiaries is not our own. Only the pirated software for personal use and learning, with both foreign software companies, we do not blame their own compatriots.
The reason I wrote this article, is that although we no longer use pirated all the time, many people of knowledge for pirated software is still very scarce.
First, the classification of piracy
Software piracy is a legal concept, rather than technical, even if you use the tomato garden, as long as Microsoft announced that a paper statement to comply with GPL, allow the free dissemination of revised Windows, then you are legitimate; even if you use the Windows Genuine CD-ROM installation If this order is to buy someone else and do not transfer to you, like you are pirated.
Aware of this issue is important, which you choose to use for the “good” pirated software very helpful, because of piracy is not a technical concept, so pirated software, and “unstable”, “Death” is not equal to the.
Piracy can be divided into two macro-categories: crack version and ultra vires version.
The so-called crack version, such as we often use the VAssistX, there are a variety of games and need to install crack patch, patch-free CD of software piracy, are crack version, this software is a direct means such as through reverse engineering, modifying the binary file, making an anti-piracy measures ineffective piracy. This type of piracy is generally concentrated on small tools and games, large-scale software less used, of course, there are relatively early, such as “Russian cracked version of Windows XP”, such as the Chinese enterprise version of VC6. This piracy as directly modifying the binary file, crack no idea that the source code, and because the complexity of assembly language, this method solve the skills required for the high complexity of the software itself, anti-piracy measures are related , skilled Cracker, the face of program logic is not complex software (such as games, the real part of the program logic is that a few M of exe files), can do it perfectly explains, such as now most of the pirated games will not run problems. However, if the operating system of the class of complex software, cracking may cause serious consequences, Blue Screen of Death often occurs, this cracked version of the operating system is Microsoft’s primary goal of anti-piracy, because it not only affects Microsoft’s revenue, More importantly, Microsoft’s reputation tarnished – a lot of system failure is clearly not Microsoft’s fault.
Conclusion: The cracked version of software, in addition to the game we all do not use.
The so-called ultra vires version, is totally without modifying the original software content, or limited changes to the binary code of some non-critical elements of a software piracy, which rely mainly on analog piracy genuine authority, such as using illegal leak, or Suanhao Qi serial number calculated to simulate the OEM license, etc. Most large software used in this way, the difficulty of piracy is low, and the effect is good.
MSDN version of Windows + VOL serial number, MSDN / OEM version of Windows + brush motherboard OEM licensing, MSDN / OEM + OEM version of Windows top-level version of the initial version of the authorization (such as pre-installed Windows Vista Home Basic, ultra vires to install Ultimate also can directly activate), Visual Studio 2008 trial version online to find the official version + serial number, are typical of the software do not modify the contents of the original ultra vires piracy, piracy of all kinds of highest quality, although Microsoft had strokes (COA serial number to confirm, to deal with OEM Piracy will kill), but Microsoft’s determination to die if you do not vapid, like the year as the suicide of Charles Borland piracy (04 ~ 05, we can search to see search), is basically safe. Moreover, the use of such piracy experience, from the stability of the system to automatically update, and then to Microsoft’s official Web site of the genuine validation, and legitimate users are exactly the same.
Unofficial packages oem version, vol version, typically such as tomato garden, rain forest wind, is a limited non-critical changes to the software part of the contents of binary code, they say break, only a desktop theme crack uxtheme.dll, you can use a third party without Microsoft’s signature theme. Some Starter Edition also break the winlogon.exe, this should be classified as ultra vires edition crack version, and the combination of the bar. But anyway, they are still using the OEM and the VOL of the genuine license Microsoft’s licensing mechanism does not break. From the stability point of view, this type of piracy than the original software does not modify the content of piracy is worse, but was found to be the possibility of piracy is the same. Media every day that tomato garden is cracked version, Hong Lei is a technical expert, is simply ignorant, correct to say that – Tomato Garden ultra vires Edition, Hong Lei is the art (tomato garden is mess things up the desktop theme).
Activate pirated software, cracking some ingredients higher because they break the boot process, will replace their analog board message board information to the real operating system, is relatively easy to find, mainly for not brush motherboard newbies, because break the boot file, Unknown error more likely, Microsoft is also a severe blow.
Microsoft is a commercial company, so, as long as you know piracy, you will see a black screen is psychological warfare, is scary and you really want Microsoft anti-piracy, the method many of the go. For Windows, for example, Microsoft’s piracy crackdown for all, not to determine the prevalence of piracy, but it undermines the stability of Windows systems against the priority is: crack Edition – software activation – revised version – No modified version.
Conclusion: no changes in the ultra vires version is the best choice for users, especially users who purchased the brand of direct access to Microsoft’s operating system installed on the top version of the default (Microsoft’s OEM license from the design give the user the power of).
Second, the future of piracy
Piracy is not a long-term solution, but the genuine of the Chinese software industry is really helpful? I am skeptical. This is a level of social development, the Chinese have not completed the industrialization of poor countries, the information is only a mirage. Blown into space by some Indian software industry and China’s Dongguan manufacturing essentially no different, the overwhelming majority of the world’s software outsourcing … … no Chinese brands of large passenger aircraft, but almost every Chinese airliners have production of parts; Similarly, not many Indian brands in the world of large software, but almost every large software code … … Indians are essentially all the same. This is the level of development restrictions.
Piracy industry is dead, not on China’s IPR protection efforts, but on the whole the development of China, if China ever so poor, piracy industry will become increasingly bigger, and then put the law will do. Legal … … Africa, the law is the law in Europe (except the country name, remaining almost the same), but Africa is not Europe!