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From: rupp@cod.UUCP (William L. Rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: What a dongle is (Was Re: Copy protection: boycott it!)
Message-ID: <782@cod.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 15:49:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: cod.782
Posted: Mon Aug  3 15:49:52 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Aug-87 04:59:24 EDT
References: <6965@ism780c.UUCP> <1193@killer.UUCP> <776@cod.UUCP> <4531@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp)
Organization: Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego
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Keywords: licensing vs purchase; reasonableness

Good point; a lot of very useful software is public domain.  But surely
you do not mean that Ashton-Tate would have put all the money and effort
into developing DBase if they had no copyright protection on it?  Can
you point to public domain programs that are as good as DBase III in the
data base field?  And why is a person "greedy" to want to make a profit
from his/her work?  I know we are getting into philosophical areas here,
but I think we should be realistic about why men and women put forth
productive effort.  Record companies do not give away phonograph
records, and yet most people do not call them "greedy" for not doing so.

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