Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!midway!zaphod!francis From: francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Sharing Harddrive.... sharing software? Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 18:42:56 GMT References: <77158@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <1991Jan11.161622.26507@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Jan11.215912.9621@cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: usa Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: aslakson@cs.umn.edu's message of 11 Jan 91 21:59:12 GMT In article <1991Jan11.215912.9621@cs.umn.edu> aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) writes: ta-dw30@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (David Worenklein) writes: [...] >I believe (although I'm not versed in the laws) that most software companies >allow you to move your software from one computer to another, as long as there >is no chance that the software is being run simultaneously on two machines. This is what I understand. [Explanation of user-based enforcement of single-launching.] No. The software could be run on two machines. When I talked to MicroSoft they said specifically that this was a no no (I asked). How about if you altered the SIZE resource to tell the Finder to disallow multiple launches? Would MS then scream that you're not allowed to modify their program? -- ============================================================================== | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | ==============================================================================