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[scott.wiederhold]

@jbmanning5

Probably the one where he said, “I’ll probably get banned for posting this.”

This one.

Which, quite honestly, was only restating information that is already widely known.

Probably tempting fate, but I didn’t get banned for posting the exact same thing, twice:

Flipping a design (e.g., ruler)

If your valuable intellectual property is being so poorly protected, it certainly would be prudent to not contribute to the catalog. The problem @palmercr has so generously exposed is a design flaw, not a hack. In fact, as it stands now, obtaining the source SVG does not require any hacking at all. It is automatically stored on your computer without you doing anything but preparing to print the file. Your browser will cache a copy of the file locally on your hard drive. I suspect that GF’s…

Can you edit catalog file?

It doesn’t actually involve circumventing anything. They are already downloaded to your machine. It is literally no different than the Glowforge logo you see at the top of the screen on this page. Explaining to someone how their computer works is certainly not ban worthy, in my opinion. And, while no one but Glowforge really knows the specific reason for the previous ban, it wasn’t likely because of educating users. It was most likely because he posted the actual file.