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Subject: Re: Some vindications concerning the activation-constraint of Fruit

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 14:40:45 09/28/05

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On September 27, 2005 at 16:57:35, Richard Sutherland wrote:

>It's your program and you can protect it as you see fit, however, and this is
>just for your market research, I wont buy it, and I've always bought all my
>software. I have bought probably 100 chess software titles (don't ask, it's a
>sickness) over the years, and I still have most, if not all, of them.
>
>The reason I wont buy it is that I strongly object to this type of "protection".
>It prevents me from owning the copy of the software that I have purchased. With
>a history of still running old, old programs, and with the history of software
>companies/programmers going out of business, this means I would end up with a
>coaster.
>
>Don't get me wrong, I'm not unhappy about your choice, as it will help me stop
>buying every chess program that enters the market, and that can only be a good
>thing.
>
>Kind regards,
>Richard

I hate this kind of protections as I am not free to move it from one computer to
another, deinstalled and installed as I wish. Even if the company may be willing
to allows you to get some extra keys, still I do not like to ask or have to
"justify" what I am doing and why.

I promised myself not to buy any kind of software with this kind of protections
no matter what, so I hardly will change my mind on this.

So, I can understand you.

I like programs like ChessAssistant, Shredder and CB that allows you to handle
them as one wishes and this is what I want.

Sandro



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