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Article #268Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!))
From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 19:17
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 19:17
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In article <1992Jul31.194615.24025@cs.yale.edu> nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes: > > The contortions one has to go through to register MMa, > especially multiple copies, are not representative of > a good copy protection scheme which protects the program > but doesn't hassle the user. We have other apps that are > copy protected that weren't nearly the hassle to register > and use, but still can't be stolen by someone copying > them - they just work in demo mode without a valid keyfile. > Speaking as a company that is reluctantly considering copy-protecting one of our products, I'd like to know if end-users find any of the current schemes truly acceptable. We've been weighing the pros and cons of registering to a username or machine ID. Neither seens completely acceptable to us. What do you folks think? Gordon -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Van Huizen vox: 619.488.9411 fax: 619.488.3045 Metrosoft gvh@metrosoft.com [NeXTmail welcome] ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!hd0258!gvh From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) Subject: Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!)) Message-ID: <1992Aug1.191738.5701@metrosoft.com> Sender: gvh@metrosoft.com Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) Organization: Metrosoft References: <1992Jul31.194615.24025@cs.yale.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 19:17:38 GMT Lines: 28