Re:Russia to legalize software piracy
by AlbertoGP on Monday March 07, 2022 @06:57AM
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A more likely outcome would be the development of Russian alternatives to that software. The pirate version would be patched binaries.
Decades ago I patched binary Commodore 64 applications to have messages in Spanish, getting as far as patching programming environments like Logo and BASIC to have not just error messages but also the keywords translated.
Even without source code it is somewhat doable, and modern applications often have localization mechanisms that remain in the compiled executable.
Re:Russia to legalize software piracy
by risyachka on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:47AM
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The development of alternative takes many years. Sure they can make some half-baked trashy version. But it will reduce users productivity a lot for years to come.
Decades ago I patched binary Commodore 64 applications to have messages in Spanish, getting as far as patching programming environments like Logo and BASIC to have not just error messages but also the keywords translated.
Even without source code it is somewhat doable, and modern applications often have localization mechanisms that remain in the compiled executable.