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From: tris@alzabo.uucp (Tris Orendorff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <1990Mar24.214340.13668@alzabo.uucp>
Date: 24 Mar 90 21:43:40 GMT
References: <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk> <90080.140503CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu>
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CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:


>In article <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>, dartus@datlog.co.uk ( David Artus) says:
>>
>>We wish to evaluate possible copy protection methods that could
>>be used for PC software. One option we have examined is the use of
>>a "dongle", could anybody suggest alternative methods (or references to
>>articles which discuss them) which might not need the use of specific
>>hardware.

>I only have one piece of advice:  No copy protection scheme is safe.

Here's another:  You won't need copy protection if your product is truly
useful.  People will be glad to buy it rather than steal it.


-- 
				Sincerely Yours
				Tris Orendorff
				tris@alzabo.uucp
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