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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Software Piracy - (nf)
Message-ID: <2966@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 04:11:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 04:11:33 1984
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fortune!rpw3    Apr  4 23:11:00 1984

Protecting software from being used on machines other than those for which
it is licensed (which is what the software writers want) is NOT incompatible
with being able/allowed to make a jillion backup copies in case your master
disk gets trashed (which is what users want).

At least one company (*cough* *cough*) has a scheme that lets you make copies
and store them ANYWHERE, even on another machine, but they will only execute
on the single machine on which they were originally installed. In fact, the
installation instructions URGE you to make a copy, for safety (since there
is a small window of time between installation and the making of the copy
during which you could lose the software if you didn't have a backup and you
ran over the original with a truck or something).

Of course, it does require that each machine be at least a little bit
unique, but that's a "small matter of hardware".

Rob Warnock

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