You guys are all missing the fundamental point. Atom brought you this software for free. There was ZERO cost to you. The only thing that he asked was that you respect the rules. Those rules were listed in the EULA which I would be willing to bet one out of every 20 took the time to read.
Hashcat has never been, and will never be a for profit project. No donations, no special circumstances.
Your community has a track record of taking advantage of this privilege, and now that privilege is revoked. Our community has the decency to respect the wishes of the author, hence you are the only ones getting punished. The good news is that it's not the end of the world for you. You will (though you shouldn't) continue to use the "cracked" (over glorifying a hex edited binary) version until your cards die. The project will move on just fine without you.
I have said from the beginning your group was like cancer in our community. The ironic thing is, you were the chemo.
Hashcat has never been, and will never be a for profit project. No donations, no special circumstances.
Your community has a track record of taking advantage of this privilege, and now that privilege is revoked. Our community has the decency to respect the wishes of the author, hence you are the only ones getting punished. The good news is that it's not the end of the world for you. You will (though you shouldn't) continue to use the "cracked" (over glorifying a hex edited binary) version until your cards die. The project will move on just fine without you.
I have said from the beginning your group was like cancer in our community. The ironic thing is, you were the chemo.