Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 00:31:38 08/18/02
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On August 17, 2002 at 22:29:17, John Merlino wrote: >On August 17, 2002 at 06:40:38, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On August 16, 2002 at 18:15:36, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>>>But there has to be SOME way for us to know that the user is a legitimate owner >>>>>of The King engine, and the only way to get The King is to own Chessmaster. >>>>>Therefore, the most logical way is to have The King and the GUI communicate and >>>>>verify each other, and this is done via the OPK method. >> >>I know of a program (IDL) that works by online registration. >> >>IIRC it works like this: every copy of the program has a unique ID, the user >>emails this ID number together with the number of his ethernet card (every >>ethernet card has some kind of unique ID, I can't remember the specifics). >> >>Now after a few days he receives a licence file, basicly it's an encrypted key >>that only works if the program is used with _that_ ethernet card. >> >>So every user needs to register, and they need an ethernet card. >> >>Perhaps you could offer this as an alternative to the users that have such a >>card, they would only have to re-new their licence once per year or so? >> >>-S. > >Pretty obscure, and it only works for people with ethernet cards. Which is a big portion, and it's growing rapidly :) >What about the >vast majority of other people around the world? Key word was 'alternative' :) -S. >jm
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