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From: johnbl@tekig5.UUCP (John Blankenagel)
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Subject: Re: Software protection; one more time
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 11:26:25 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 11:26:25 1985
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> 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?

  Am I allowed to copy part of a disk as long as I don't copy the whole thing?
  (such is the cas with books as I understand it).