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Article #1876Re: copy protection/licensing solution?
From: Leonard Hermens - CS
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:41
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:41
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In article <1992Aug12.171307.16347@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Robert.H.Gross@dartmouth.edu (Robert H. Gross) writes:
>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!!!!!)
>
>The user would call up the company and read a number directly from the
>computer screen. The number would be generated based on the clock and
>perhaps the number of files present on the user's open volumes. This
>number would be unique since it depends on the users configuration AT
>THE TIME OF THE CALL. Even if he/she were to give the password for
>license extension to a friend, it would not be likely work on any other
>system.
So what in this senario prevents me from copying the application
for a friend? The application has the "correct" password installed now,
right?
Leonard
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!serval!luke.eecs.wsu.edu!lhermens From: lhermens@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (Leonard Hermens - CS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: copy protection/licensing solution? Message-ID: <1992Aug12.194145.15595@serval.net.wsu.edu> Date: 12 Aug 92 19:41:45 GMT References: <1992Aug11.193753.29423@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <mwalker-110892145014@mwalker1.npd.provo.novell.com.> <1992Aug12.171307.16347@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University! Lines: 21