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From: madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Copy Protection Mechanisms
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Date: 4 Jan 91 22:42:07 GMT
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License management and copy-protection can and should be distinct.  Or more
precisely, there should be no such thing as copy-protection, but there
should be license management to make life more convenient, not less.

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu