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Article #277Re: Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!))
From: Alvin Jee ~
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 21:34
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 21:34
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In article <1992Aug3.195845.205@digifix!uunet.ca>, sanguish@digifix.com (Scott Anguish) writes: |> |> The problem with that is that a copy of the program could be moved to |> another network, or a stand alone machine, and the "protection" is defeated. |> |> -- |> - Scott Anguish - |> sanguish@digifix.com (NextMail) Hmm... no, I don't think that the protection will be defeated by moving the app to a standalone or to another network. These floating network license things work by having one machine serve as the license monitor. Before you can use the app, some message is sent to a daemon on the monitoring machine asking if the app should fire up. If there are sufficient licenses left, the app can continue. If the app cannot find the license daemon (as in the case of moving to another network or going standalone), or if there are no more licenses left, the app won't fire up. The daemon is usually node locked so you can't move the daemon around. Annoying, but something has to be node locked :) Alvin Jee alvin@cse.ucsc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!iWarp.intel.com|inews!cad607!ajee From: ajee@cad607.intel.edu (Alvin Jee ~) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Copy Protection (was: Re: WordPerfect Update (NOT!)) Message-ID: <12671@inews.intel.com> Date: 3 Aug 92 21:34:20 GMT References: <1992Aug3.135717.3766@fnbc.com> <1992Aug3.195845.205@digifix!uunet.ca> Sender: news@inews.intel.com Organization: TestCAD, Design Technology, Intel Corporation Lines: 23