Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!news From: wieser@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bernhard Wieser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: SimEarth copy protection Message-ID: <1991Feb4.211334.7837@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Date: 4 Feb 91 21:13:34 GMT References: <1991Jan31.222504.12327@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <5598@husc6.harvard.edu> Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: fsd Ken Hancock; So, if everybody thinks that way, what do developers do? a) make it more difficult to obtain software, i.e. written agreements b) make it nasty, i.e. checking routines of checking routines with malicious side effects if tampering is discovered For everyones info; The inside page of the SimEarth manual does state 'license', but restricts the user to one user, one time. Nothing about modification of code. Those who whine about documentation protection... I have no sympathy. Those who complain about license/copyright, or not having enough info. about a product before purchase... you have yourselves to blame if you feel violate for not investigating a package before purchasing it. With regards to Maxis, the SimEarth document protection is a big step up from the SimCity disk protection (which I didn't buy because of it not working on my machine). I bought SimEarth, hope my buck got to GreenPeace, and hope anyone with 'complaints' talks to Maxis instead of messing with it themselves... I remember a little piece of paper in the box, almost begging, for people to send their comments to Maxis. It seems a bit more ethical. -- ( Bernie Wieser, wieser@cpsc.ucalgary.ca, BSWieser@uncamult.BITNET ) ( 4rth Year Dbl.Mgr Cpsc Clhc University of Calgary | ) ( S/H Developer Dept. of Psychology, " " " \|/ ) ( Octavian Micro Development Group --- o --- )