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From: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite and a dealer
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Date: 19 Jun 88 14:50:45 GMT
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In article <8806182222.AA23513@decwrl.dec.com> long@rainbo.dec.com (Now HE will ask the questions!) writes:

>	- The FullWrite installation apparently modifies the DISTRIBUTION
>disk to write your name, company, and program serial number.  If true, this 
>is bogus!  What if you want to sell the software to someone else?  In any
>event, it would seem that all one would have to do is to copy the distribution
>disks, and install from those copies.  Unless of course, the distribution
>disks are copy-protected, which would be doubly bogus.

Well, you can tell them that A-T left those fields quite visible.  Go in
with ResEdit and you will find the name and company that you chose in an STR
resource.  So, you can use it, and then purge it so it looks new again.

-ajw


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