Re: [NTLK] Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

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From: "Alex Perez" <aperez@alexperez.com>
To: <newtontalk@newtontalk.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

> Tovi wrote:
>> I agree with Christian in that we should ask him, but considering
>> that other people have tried and have been unsuccessful I wouldn't
>> get my hopes up on receiving a response. My advice would be to
>> contact him 2-3 times and if there is no response then release it.
>>
>> Tovi
>>
> Just release it. I have had a buddy who lives in Japan and speaks fluent
> Japanese translate a letter to him asking him if he would either release
> the source or allow the community to purchase it, and he never replied
>

I will go one better than that. There are people out there who have produced
useful utilities that contribute to the life of the Newton and then who
vanish leaving no way to purchace, register or do anything with the
software.
In this sense it is my opinion that the software is abandonware and that any
cracks neccessary to get the job are valid so long as they have not made any
arrangements to purchace. It is very clear on his site that registration has
closed, and from what I've heard all attempts to contact him have failed.

I don't know if this is the hack that Milan has found, but this works for
me. Uninstall the application. Use Soupkitchen to go into the packages soup
and delete all references to the wlan driver. Re install the package, and
this resets the clock. It's not a perfect solution, and hopefully Milan's is
better, but it works for me, and I have absolutely no qualms moral or
otherwise releasing that here.
Thank you

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