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From: tgm@psuecl.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: SimEarth copy protection
Message-ID: <1991Feb2.170932.603@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 2 Feb 91 21:09:31 GMT
References: <18659@natinst.natinst.com> <1991Jan28.043033.11475@en.ecn.purdue.edu>  <1991Jan31.181416.23441@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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In article <1991Jan31.181416.23441@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>,
wieser@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bernhard Wieser) writes:

> Most software these days is sold with 'license'.  What does this mean?
> The company, through your payment of license fee, gives you the
> right to use the software.  Read your licensing agreements.  By
> removing protection, you might be violating the terms of your license.
> License does not give ownership, it gives right of use provided you
> follow conditions stated by said license.  If you find the protection
> irritating, you should have read the license first and not bought
> the product.

Gee, the next time I order something from MacConnection, I'll just say,
"Excuse me, but could up please go down into the warehouse, grab a SimEarth,
open it, and read me the license agreement?"

Realistically speaking, most people don't see the license before they
buy the product. This is impossible with mail ordering, which many people
use as their main souce of software purchases.

--Tom Moertel
thor@chopin.psu.edu