Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:45:52 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 13:38:10, Gabor Szots wrote: >On September 26, 2005 at 13:35:15, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On September 26, 2005 at 13:05:01, Gabor Szots wrote: >> >>>I read with astonishment that I must submit a "fingerprint" of my computer if I >>>want to obtain a personal licence code for Fruit. Does this really mean that I >>>can't use it on 2 computers? Of the commercials I have Shredder, Gandalf, Deep >>>Sjeng and Ruffian, and I have installed all of them on 2 machines. And I did not >>>have to pay twice. Those programs have a CD check to ensure that you have the right to use them. As for simultaneous usage, you should check your license agreement. >>>Gábor >> >>A dumb question, how do i find the "fingerprint" of my computer? >> >>Regards >>Dave > >Is this a dumb question? I don't know either. I guess they supply a program that reads machine specific data like the MAC address (which is a bad choice because even the same machine will stop working if you change your net card) or some other thing like that. At any rate, there are things that I don't like about that license scheme. I might prefer a CD check, which is annoying but at least I can move it from one machine to another. When I move my Lokasoft programs, I have to get help from technical support, but when I move CD based programs, I just Uninstall the old version and install it on another system. Of course, I do recognize that because stealing is rampant today, authors have to do something to protect themselves. And all license schemes have some downside. One example of problems with CD checks is that I sometimes want to run a contest with lots of programs and I do not know if some of them are going to ask for the CD or not, so I have to sit around and babysit to find out. If someone thinks of a perfect license scheme, that would be nice. Until then, we will have to make do, I guess.
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