rec.autos.simulators

WOW - I'm impressed - you had this version for 2 weeks.  That's incredible -
especially since the group who released it didn't do so until the 25th.

Mark Smith wrote

I was informed by somebody I won't named and informed David Matson. As a proof here is the *.nfo file :

(sorry if this is an html file). Please, backup your information before telling me your know the real thruth. You obviously think Im just a nobody...

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 3        SIERRA SPORTS GRAND PRIX LEGENDS FINAL          3
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 3  Supplier.....: YAZZ                     3  Date...: 09/13/98           3
 3  Cracker......: N/A                        3  Game Type......: RACING              3
 3  # of Disks...: 60 x 1.44MB            3  Game Rating....: N/A                3
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 3 REQUIREMENTS: PENTIUM 166, 32MB RAM, 3D Card                       3
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 3                                                                           3
 3   Ok, here's the deal, the last release of this sim was a BETA!!    3
 3  This is the bonafide final version! Enjoy!
 3                                                          ID MUD           3
 3  Installation:                                                            3
 3  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                            3
 3    Just unzip to the installed directory and run the Setup.EXE and it will      3
 3  unpack (overwrite) (in case you hit UNPACK or sumth:) and you're done.   3
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 3  Greetz:                                                                  3
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 3  Greetings of the day fly out to my gal who was spending a long weekend   3
 3  in bed with me. :)                                                       3
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 3 percent - as so - we are looking for HARDWARE SUPPLIERs! - If you think   3
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 3 (We are looking for almost everything - RAM, HDs, MAINBOARD, CPUs,        3
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- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
- Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
- Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
- Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS
- "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Dave
DmndDave

What makes this legal on *your* Hard Disk?  You have some wacky new
technology hard drive that makes piracy legal?  Dammit, it's a warez
copy of GPL you're playing.  It's a good thing you're not going to name
the somebody (?) because you'll make them look ignorant too.  

As soon as GPL hits the stores, you can (like me) go get a legitimate
copy of the game...unlike what you're playing now.

--

Neil Yeatman          
Ajax, Ontario, CANADA

That's what the person said to me in the email with that file attached. I
actually didn't even know such thing existed.

Who said I had the full version on my hard disk ?? Actually, just re-read
what I wrote, I said
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It is the *.nfo file I was _sent_ , since I don't have any illegal GPL
version on my PC. I may had choose the wrong word (as I re-read my sentence
it wasn't quite clear).

As I say another time... it's not because you received via email a *.nfo
file that your actually have this title on your HD. I would name the person
who send this file to me (Im mostly helping people on the NROS about GPL, so
he though I would be the best guy to receive this info and pass it to
Papyrus employees), but I just wouldn't want to ridiculise this person. Oh
and just email David Matson if you want.. he probably (hopefully) still has
the copy of the information email I sent to him.

I wouldn't do such a thing...

- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
- Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
- Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
- Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS
- "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--