Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:45:14 09/26/05
Go up one level in this thread
On September 26, 2005 at 14:32:14, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: >On September 26, 2005 at 13:29:43, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>Okay we expected a turmoil. ;-) You will be able to use it on two or more >>machines. Just submit your Hardware Fingerprint of each of your systems. There >>is no hard-limit but it should be clear that one license isn't meant for a >>10-machine-farm. Two or three are okay though. If you move to a new computer >>after some time you will get a new key for your new computer as well. > >You cannot guarentee this. What if I buy a new computer in 2015? Will your >website or company still exist? Yes? Take a 100.000 $ bet? I bet that in 2015 Fruit2.2 is going to be a weak engine and nobody will care about it. > >This is a stupid deceision. You have piracy paranoia, just like the Zappa >author. But software pirates are no threat to super expert's chess software: >They are a threat for mainstream game software only, which any idiot can use. >They cannot harm the sales of chess "engines" only experts know how to install, >and need an existing GUI for to run. Your customers will either buy or ignore >Fruit 2.2. Why care for the rest? Only experts know how to install Fruit? I can teach every child how to install Fruit in Fritz GUI easily. I know that there is a lot of piracy against chessbase software and I believe that big majority of the chess players that use Fritz or Junior did not buy it. Uri
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.