Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!robobar!ronald From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: SCO License security - another flame Message-ID: <1991May1.170708.26742@robobar.co.uk> Date: 1 May 91 17:07:08 GMT References: <1165@pemcom.pem-stuttgart.de> <91V712w164w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> Organization: Robobar Ltd., Perivale, Middx., ENGLAND. Lines: 17 mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes: > No, you can't. "brand" does just what its name implies -- it brands > the file permanently with a serial number. It's impossible to > re-brand a file. Actually, I think some of the current stuff *can* be re-branded, but even if you couldn't, you can always keep a copy of the unbranded file around, and copy it before branding -- I do this on robobar's customised installation tapes, so that we can ship preconfigured stuff around to our customers without having to worry about installation engineers getting it wrong. Saves time too, and time is money. The branded serial numbers do have problems, but not being able to re-brand *isn't* one of them. -- Ronald Khoo +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)