SCO-ISC Serial Numbers
Richard Foulk
richard at pegasus.com
Thu Jul 19 23:14:50 AEST 1990
>The SCO serial number/activation key is designed to do just that - help
>find software copies. It sure doesn't prevent copying, but when
>someone does copy, they have to do it with the same serial number
>every time. This doesn't make much difference when someone makes
>one or two copies, but we have caught people who have set up a
>manufacturing line and sold many dozens or hundreds of illegal copies.
>Their users call us up, register their software and we notice when more
>than one instance of a serial number shows up.
>
Then why not just serialize the software before you ship it?
The only difference is that your customers will stop complaining about
having to do your work for you.
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Richard Foulk richard at pegasus.com
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