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From: frans@duvel.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Software protection; one more time
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 08:39:13 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 08:39:13 1985
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[followup to net.micro]

Last summer there was a lot of discussion concerning software protection.
I seem to recall that a lot of people advocated that software should be
treated just like a book. Therefore, it shouldn't be used on two different
places in the same time period.

My questions:
- should this allow people to set up a central pool of software
  (like a company library)
- should people get a replacement disk, when theirs is destroyed after
  a year or so of operation. You won't get a new book after a year or
  so, when it "breaks" and it is not a production failure (but for instance
  due to heavy use)
- Am I allowed to exchange software with someone else, provided that I
  give him all backups (if existing), the original, and the documentation?
  Or should I keep for instance a compiler as long as I use the objects
  produced by it?
  What with games, can I swap a solved adventure with someone else,
  provided that I keep no copy of my own?

-- 
	Frans Meulenbroeks, Philips Microprocessor Development Systems
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