The developers hid an anti-piracy message, along with an offer to submit whatever works pirates/hackers have created. And in return, they would get a decent payment.
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17 fevrier 1984 - Gilles MARIN pour COBRA soft
Salut les deplombeurs, au lieu de passer des
heures a pirater, nous vous conseillons plutot
d'ecrire des programmes (jeux,utilitaires,etc...)
Nous offrons de tres bonnes conditions d'edition
a nos auteurs, certains ont deja gagne plusieurs
dizaines de milliers de francs en etant edite par
nous, alors nous attendons vos logiciels:
COBRA soft - 5 avenue Monnot - 71100 CHALON/Saone
17 february 1984 - Gilles MARIN for COBRA soft
Hey hackers, instead of spending hours on pirating,
we suggest you write programs instead (games,
utilities,etc...) We offer very good publishing
terms to our authors, some have already earned many
tens of thousands of francs being published by us,
so we're waiting for your software:
COBRA soft - 5 avenue Monnot - 71100 CHALON/Saone
