🚀 go-pugleaf

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there is no way to stop s/w piracy...


adding copy protection, dongles, serial numbers, etc does nothing. it only
aggrivates the people who actually BUY the s/w. anyone with a disassembler
and time can crack any scheme invented.

the solution, if you are a developer (like me) is to either accept this
fact and continue to produce mass-market s/w, hoping that you sell enough
to cover your costs (read: TIME) fast enough (before THEY get at it) or
switch your efforts to the commercial marketplace (the forture 1000 has
deep pockets if u really need to sue because of illegal copying/distribution).

why s/w is any different than any other product/commodity is totally beyond
me. they throw u in jail if you steal a car, but stealing software is (somehow)
acceptable (or at least difficult to prosecute).

there is a 3rd alternative: make software that requires a special h/w
device. then you are in the h/w biz and the software is a give-away :^).

bye-bye...

-bill
rosenkra@boston.cray.com