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Article #304Re: Copy Protection
From: Lytras Apostolos
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 09:23
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 09:23
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m@crito.Stanford.EDU (M Carling) writes: : In article <1992Aug5.225027.25695@ifi.unizh.ch> : lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos) writes: : > (in Switzerland, for example, the law treats software as : > "buildings"... strange point of view... just because they couldn't : > figure out how to see a value in abstract digital data... ;-))) the : > matter is very serious though, because in some cases if the software did : > not do *exactly* what the clients wanted (which is obviously rather : > difficult to guarantee) they wouldn't have to pay for it, equally if it : > was not done in time...try to do such a thing to the author of a book). : : That is a good argument why software should be treated like a book, and : not like a building. No, basically it's just a bad argument for treating software like a building. It is not intended to suggest any specific other way to treat software. -- lytras@ifi.unizh.ch | Apostolos Lytras lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch | Informatik Club der Uni lytras@amiga.physik.unizh.ch | Zuerich, SysAdmin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!chx400!josef!lytras From: lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Copy Protection Message-ID: <1992Aug6.092356.10981@ifi.unizh.ch> Date: 6 Aug 92 09:23:56 GMT References: <1992Aug6.001134.4032@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@ifi.unizh.ch (USENET News Admin) Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: avalon X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4