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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Upgrade Paths
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Date: 8 Aug 90 17:30:03 GMT
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In article <18088@dime.cs.umass.edu> leban@cs.umass.edu (Bruce Leban) writes:
>Former Subject: After Dark 2.0 - any news?
>
>isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) writes:
>
>KH> Now I'm going to have to pay $15 (70% of purchase price) for version 2.0.
>KH> So, now I'm getting to pay $37 for the same package that will still cost
>KH> $22 from MacConnection.
>
>Here's my five point plan for reducing software piracy:
>
>1) Whenever the software is first installed on a disk, the user must enter
>   both a serial number and an authentication code (the authentication code
>   could be information from the manual instead).  Anyone wishing to pirate
>   software must have both of these.  This would make it much more difficult
>   for anyone to pirate my copy of a software package without my consent,
>   assuming I stash the master disk with the serial number someplace secure
>   (in the manual authentication case, they would need to take the manual
>   with them).  [Developer Note: if you don't know how to do this, I'll tell
>   you how for a free copy of your product.]

Problems:  Hackers (or crackers if you prefer) who will override the code.
People who steal the already authenticated software. People who misplace the
manual (yes, it happens). 
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