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In article <170820030838516196%Forget@forget.com>,
 Mikey <Forget@forget.com> wrote:

><angry sniparama> 
>
>> That is technically the way it has been for at least 4 years, but we 
>> were not enforcing it.  With this model you will have to make an aware 
>> decision that you are copying the license.   We aren't trying to get 
>> money from honest people that have a laptop, but do want to stop people 
>> from "loaning" their copy of CodeWarrior to a friend. 
>> 
>
>2c:
>
>Hey Ron
>
>As requested, I sent in an email about licensing some time ago. I don't
>know if policy changed since, or what the deal is, but it seems okay to
>me. 

I think we have improved the activation model.

>I think s/w policy should be tight, because I believe in the rights of
>the creators, owners, whatever, and that you got to pay to play. I
>don't buy into the "copying to evaluate" nonsense -- hey let me
>evaluate your Ferrari for the month, guy! It's too bad it's an
>expensive upgrade, but what can you do? It's worth it.
>
>But I gotta tell you, it looks like the powers-that-be sorta blew the
>initial press release. I know I'm a _very_ delicate programmer, but
>man-o! what a reaction from the public. We're way more sensitive than,
>say, Quarkies or Final Cutters.

I don't think that they considered the need for more than one 
computer/system for a single developer.  But I think Metrowerks changed 
the policy and reacted very quickly.  I'm quite pleased with how we 
handled this.

Ron

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