Denys writes:

> MS has spent a lot of time and effort addressing just this issue.  Windows
>  XP licensing takes into account 6 components of the user system and latches
>  on to that configuration.  It allows the user to change several components,
>  before it declares itself an illegal copy.
>
>  Whilst I dislike this method of doing things for PC software, it seems to
>  have worked quite well.  Perhaps something to emulate on a smaller scale.

That's actually an excellent idea -- and easy to implement.


>  However, I will echo some others' sentiment; I think you may piss off more
>  people than you think.

All purchased software is licensed. That license is either enforced or its
not.

We're not going to sell these products to everyone. If people understand the
rules, they can make their own decisions as to whether or not to purchase the
software. Some copy protection mechanism has to be put into place. Adobe
protects its Acrobat software by sending you a physical flash memory counter
that you must install on the back of your PC on the parallel port in order to
use the software, good for something like 10,000 copies. While you can move
that little device from PC to PC, which I consider an advantage, it is a very
expensive solution. But then Acrobat is a fairly expensive piece of software
as well.

Wirt Atmar

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