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without the express permission of those other people.

That is false. They simply have to use the other software, i.e., the crack, within the terms of its license.

In this case, the crack was distributed widely with a permissive use license. My hazy memories of that era specifically mention giving them credit and nothing else. There was definitely no commercial use restriction.


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