[userbinator]

The demoscene grew out of the cracking/warez scene, so it's somewhat implied you should take a disassembler to it if you really want to figure out what a demo is doing. It's the complete opposite to the OSS culture, where the prevailing assumption is that the source code is most important and nothing can be done without it; in the demoscene, it's more like "we don't need no stinkin' source!" I think these two approaches are both interesting in their own ways.

[tripzilch]

The demoscene and cracking/warez scene grew apart many decades ago. Even back when I was active (1998-2000 or so), they weren't a big influence any more. There was enough source and tutorials floating around. Just not for every demo released. Mainly because of the hassle with releasing somewhat "presentable" code. Many coders are happy to explain, if you just ask them, though.