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Re: wrapping packages

From: Vladimir Begun <vladimir.begun_at_oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:19:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D095D.20030920171944@fatcity.com>


Tanel Poder wrote:
> I checked, the wrap executable in 8.0.6 dist for solaris is about 3MB, but
> for 9.2 in Windows it's only about 40k.

Perhaps you're not aware of the way executables compiled on your Solaris and Windows platforms.

> It shouldn't be that hard to reverse engineer it.

It's an extremely commendable plan... (a touch of irony here)

> Probably the ones who already have cracked the algorithm aren't spreading
> the knowledge - why should they anyway?!

I suggest you to call Oracle legal and discuss this issue and your original plan of fixing it. :)

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