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From: kebera@alzabo.uucp (Krishna E. Bera)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <1990Mar24.232554.14448@alzabo.uucp>
Date: 24 Mar 90 23:25:54 GMT
References: <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk> <90080.140503CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu> <1990Mar24.214340.13668@alzabo.uucp>
Organization: Brian's Gang, Ottawa, Canada
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tris@alzabo.uucp (Tris Orendorff) writes:
>CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>>>dartus@datlog.co.uk ( David Artus) says:
>>>[looking for non-hardware-based pc software copy-protection]

>>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.

Exactly!  Also, potential software buyers like to see complete
easy-to-read documentation, customer support and rights to
discounts on future upgrades. A bonus with the first two
is that they cannot be pirated.

I will not buy hardware-copy-protected software unless I must.
-- 
Krishna E. Bera			"Programmer on the loose"
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