Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!al1f+ From: al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andy A. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Moebius patch (deprotection) Message-ID: Date: 4 May 89 22:57:03 GMT Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 22 To everyone, When I read William Bumgarner's Moebius patch message, I was under the impression that his main purpose is to deactivate the copy-protection. Apparently I misunderstood the message and the main purpose of his patch. My apoplogy to William Bumgarner. This copy-protection issue is two-fold. Software consumers don't like copy-protections because they are inconvient and causes all kinds of problems. On the other hand, software publishers loose significant portion of sales due to piracy, therefore they employ copy-protection to limit the extend of lost; there appears to be no other solution. I am sure William Bumgarner's patch is wonderful for Macintosh Plus owners. However, now everyone can get a copy of Moebius from a friend that owns Moebius instead of buying it. And don't try to tell me that all Moebius owners are law abiding citizens... Andy A. Lee al1f@andrew.cmu.edu Disclaimer: This message expresses only my personal views.