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8:19 pm
January 11, 2010


Puffytroll

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Hey.

First of all, great work with a client for ventrilo 3 server for linux! Nice ;)

But I wonder. Is it possible to disable the license check with the ventrilo servers and let it connect without the verification?

10:45 pm
January 11, 2010


econnell

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No, this is not possible. This verification is one big, giant reason no one should use Ventrilo. Aside from the privacy concerns, the sheer arrogance of requiring all client connections be approved is phenomenal.

Use Mumble…. or even Teamspeak.

6:00 pm
January 12, 2010


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I know I'm a nobody, but my input for you is thus (since I don't think you 'get it')…

Mangler shouldn't be asked to support people who willfully try and take money from the guys at Ventrilo. If you're going to the effort of cracking their servers, then really, use one of the alternatives, such as Teamspeak, Mumble, Skype, Roger Wilco, etc…

Mangler is a great leap into bring the Ventrilo client to Linux. Ventrilo clients have always been free. Mangler, then, is not affecting their revenue adversely, instead, it potentially brings them more paying customers for their server applications.

Because of this, Mangler would most likely get positive support from the guys at Ventrilo.

If the admin here started working on breaking licences, then the Ventrlo guys would most likely come down hard on Mangler, which would bring it to a premature end.

[b]That would fall into the realm of Bad Things[/b]

I don't know about you, but I don't like Bad Things.

6:57 pm
January 12, 2010


econnell

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[quote][b]Quote from Puffytroll on January 12, 2010, 13:34[/b]
This check has already been removed from Windows clients and servers by a cra**er team named UCF. I want to be able to connect to theese cra**ed servers from Linux too ;)[/quote]

The source code for Mangler is available under the GPL. It should not be hard for anyone to apply their patch so it can connect to these illegal servers. However we will not be providing the means to do so, nor will we distribute source code that does it.

While I disagree with the DMCA, it is still the law… What we've done so far could be argued as acceptable under the DMCA, but what you're asking is a clear violation… and I have an aversion to ending up in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.

As the guy above said, if you're going through all that work, you should just use something that's already free.

1:34 pm
January 12, 2010


Puffytroll

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This check has already been removed from Windows clients and servers by a cra**er team named UCF. I want to be able to connect to theese cra**ed servers from Linux too ;)

10:06 pm
January 17, 2010


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[quote][b]Quote from FWishbringer on January 12, 2010, 18:00[/b]
If the admin here started working on breaking licences, then the Ventrlo guys would most likely come down hard on Mangler, which would bring it to a premature end.

[b]That would fall into the realm of Bad Things[/b]

I don't know about you, but I don't like Bad Things.
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lol the source is already out there. you can't stop mangler. embarrasing comment.
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