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Re: copy protection/licensing solution?

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From: Bryan Michael Kearney
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:01
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In article <mwalker-110892145014@mwalker1.npd.provo.novell.com.>
mwalker@novell.com (Mel Walker) writes:
 
> Unless the password was distributed to all who had a pirated copy. What's
> to stop me from recieving the password at work, and taking it home to
> unlock my pirated copy. (Purely a hypothetical case!!!!!)


If you read the agreement then you would know that a copy at home is not
considered pirated. There is a 80/20 clause that states if you do 80
percent of your computer work at the office then you are allowed to have
a copy for home use which would constitute the additionaly 20 percent.

-- bk
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From: bk1a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bryan Michael Kearney)
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Subject: Re: copy protection/licensing solution?
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Date: 12 Aug 92 12:01:55 GMT
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