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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
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Subject: Re: copy protection
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 08:36:25 EST
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>      From the various objections I've seen to copy protection based on
> freezing copyable software on a ROM serial number, it appears that the
> REALLY ideal scheme should identify the purchaser rather than the
> machine.  The software should freeze on the buyer's fingerprint, or
> some other personal characteristic which (unlike a password) can't be
> given away.  I wish I could think of a way to do that.
> Jon Millen

   BOTH options should be available to the purchaser.  The software should
be able to sit on one machine and let anyone come along and use it.  It
should also be able to be moved to another machine.  So I think that all
this talk about "freezing" misses the point.  The protection needed, to
allow normal and effective use of the software, and yet to
assure compliance with copyright law, is some method to prevent (multiple)
concurrent use by >1 person  OR by >1 machine.
--henry schaffer