From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 17 14:24:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA08568 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA08541 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA10720 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:24:03 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id XAA04090 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:23:43 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.5/keltia-uucp-2.9) id XAA02197; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:23:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970617232321.46029@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:23:21 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Burn CD not allowed copy References: <19970615103102.EG39497@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199706172041.NAA19623@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: <199706172041.NAA19623@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Jun 17, 1997 at 01:41:44PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3385 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Terry Lambert: > Of course, if you really wanted to make it inconvenient for a > cracker, build a dongle. This will make it inconvenient for > your users as well, but you can bask happily in the knowledge > that for every user who can't use your software, neither can 10 That's not really true, I've seen lots of software used without the dongle they were supposed to run with... So it is not a good protection now (even if it takes more work to crack a dongle). > crackers -- who would never have paid you a dime anyway, since > people prevented from stealing something don't go out and buy > it because they can't steal it. I love that sentence :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #20: Fri Jun 13 00:16:13 CEST 1997