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Article #211Re: Copy Protection
From: Krishna E. Bera
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 1990 23:25
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 1990 23:25
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tris@alzabo.uucp (Tris Orendorff) writes: >CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: >>>dartus@datlog.co.uk ( David Artus) says: >>>[looking for non-hardware-based pc software copy-protection] >>I only have one piece of advice: No copy protection scheme is safe. >Here's another: You won't need copy protection if your product is truly >useful. People will be glad to buy it rather than steal it. Exactly! Also, potential software buyers like to see complete easy-to-read documentation, customer support and rights to discounts on future upgrades. A bonus with the first two is that they cannot be pirated. I will not buy hardware-copy-protected software unless I must. -- Krishna E. Bera "Programmer on the loose" ytopya!kebera@alzabo.UUCP nrcaer!alzabo!kebera@uunet.uu.net
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!alzabo!kebera From: kebera@alzabo.uucp (Krishna E. Bera) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Copy Protection Message-ID: <1990Mar24.232554.14448@alzabo.uucp> Date: 24 Mar 90 23:25:54 GMT References: <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk> <90080.140503CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu> <1990Mar24.214340.13668@alzabo.uucp> Organization: Brian's Gang, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 20