rEElOOp wrote:
i've seen a bot that posts Soccer Leagues ("German Bundesliga") results and so on and also scores and infos about currently running matches. Does somebody in here know such a thing ? Does somebody know where to get this? (i stripped the last 2 ?, hope you dont mind...)
http://eggnet.warpzone.org/GodOfSuicide wrote:reeloop : this is an english forum, but i'll translate it for the others in here...
rEElOOp wrote:
i've seen a bot that posts Soccer Leagues ("German Bundesliga") results and so on and also scores and infos about currently running matches. Does somebody in here know such a thing ? Does somebody know where to get this? (i stripped the last 2 ?, hope you dont mind...)
i hate those guys...if you want to release a script then put the whole script online, and no need for some stupid compile / encrypt / etc system...strikelight wrote: http://eggnet.warpzone.org/
has a soccer (european football) script (bytecoded), as such you will need to install their main core library as well.
I respect their decision for doing it that way..GodOfSuicide wrote:i hate those guys...if you want to release a script then put the whole script online, and no need for some stupid compile / encrypt / etc system...strikelight wrote: http://eggnet.warpzone.org/
has a soccer (european football) script (bytecoded), as such you will need to install their main core library as well.
i dont like to install scripts where i cant controll what they do...
First you defend the idea of closed source (if those tcl's may be considered closed source) and then you bash GodOfSuicide for (maybe) running windows. Doesn't make sense.strikelight wrote:I respect their decision for doing it that way..GodOfSuicide wrote:i hate those guys...if you want to release a script then put the whole script online, and no need for some stupid compile / encrypt / etc system...strikelight wrote: http://eggnet.warpzone.org/
has a soccer (european football) script (bytecoded), as such you will need to install their main core library as well.
i dont like to install scripts where i cant controll what they do...
There are way too many code jackers out there willing to modify or steal existing code, and then take credit for it. Most script authors would actually prefer that you don't go beyond their configuration settings. If you would like a feature added/changed, you should always contact the original script author and make such a request, in my opinion.
And If I had to guess, you probably run some version of windows, which, as I'm sure you already know, isn't open source yet you still use it.
if the source is not open it's hard to detect if there is any securety hole or lame function in it (like some wgets etc).strikelight wrote: If you would like a feature added/changed, you should always contact the original script author and make such a request, in my opinion.
No, I was not bashing GodOfSuicide... Fact is everyone (99% of the population) runs some form or other of Windows, including myself. My point was, we use it blindly without needing to see the source.egghead wrote:First you defend the idea of closed source (if those tcl's may be considered closed source) and then you bash GodOfSuicide for (maybe) running windows. Doesn't make sense.strikelight wrote:I respect their decision for doing it that way..GodOfSuicide wrote: i hate those guys...if you want to release a script then put the whole script online, and no need for some stupid compile / encrypt / etc system...
i dont like to install scripts where i cant controll what they do...
There are way too many code jackers out there willing to modify or steal existing code, and then take credit for it. Most script authors would actually prefer that you don't go beyond their configuration settings. If you would like a feature added/changed, you should always contact the original script author and make such a request, in my opinion.
And If I had to guess, you probably run some version of windows, which, as I'm sure you already know, isn't open source yet you still use it.
My 2 Eurocents: coders can offer their code any way they prefer. But not offering the plain script doesn't help the idea of open source either.
My speculation based on the few lines of plain code provided: the code offered is so mediocre, the only way to hide it is by bytecoding it.
If you don't trust the author then you shouldn't use it. Although, many people don't trust Bill Gates, but they still use Windows. If you want to change triggers/output/etc.. they can all be added to a configuration setting by the author, if you atleast make an attempt to ask them.GodOfSuicide wrote:if the source is not open it's hard to detect if there is any securety hole or lame function in it (like some wgets etc).strikelight wrote: If you would like a feature added/changed, you should always contact the original script author and make such a request, in my opinion.
and if i want to change triggers, output, etc to addapt it to my needs but just use it for myself and dont alter the TCL's header too i dont see any reason why that should be wrong.
and since TCL is a scripting language if find the idea of compiled code some kinda pervert. i want the control over my bot, not the bot controling me and my shell.
Agreed. Coders may offer their own code in any way they want.strikelight wrote: As for supporting the idea of open source, you make it sound like everyone would want to support the idea of open source, but when you think about it, open source puts alot of programmers out of a job. It has it's benefits, but it also has it's downfalls, and as with anything, there will always be a need for people to decide which is more important to them.
Who knows if eggdrop had been released commercially to begin with, perhaps the developers would be getting paid for their product.egghead wrote: You may note that we are talking about the eggdrop community here. Remember? Not about Windows and Microsoft. Not about programmers having (or losing) a job coding eggdrop and related Tcl's.
I do hope eggdrop scripters will not follow the bytecoding. For various reasons it is very bad karma IMO.
This is true, however even if you could tell if code was stolen, as with current open source scripts, what could you do about it? Absolutely nothing.. Atleast with obfuscation/encryption/bytecoding, protection for actual original intellectual property is made stronger.egghead wrote: Like you said, many script ideas are taken without giving proper credit to the original author. How can we check that some of those "stolen" snippets are not included in such a bytecoded script?
"protection for actual original intellectual property"... is that what eggdrop, its coders-, users- and scripters community is about?strikelight wrote: [snip] Atleast with obfuscation/encryption/bytecoding, protection for actual original intellectual property is made stronger.