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From: peter@kitty.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
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Subject: Re: Re: software copying and protection (a personal opinion)
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 10:49:02 EDT
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> Suppose you have this fine multi-user system. Suppose you've got that nice
> whatever-it-must-do package. Since you're in a multi-user environment, you
> might want to have more than one copy of the documentation. Fine, most
> companies will be glad to sell additional copies to you. 
> 
> But next year, when your system is overloaded, and you can have another
> system from your management, what do you do?
> Its easy to copy the contents of your disk onto the new system. This is 
> handy, because you can immediately use your new system fully.
> People are used to have the package available, so when it isn't there,
> you get complaints "Where is that !@#$ package!". Hardly anyone is 
> going to ask "Hey mr. Systemmanager, we've got this new machine. But have
> you also paid the package once again?". If you do that (as a user) then 
> you are the exception to the rule :-).

Is this a second system or a replacement system? If it's a replacement then
you damned well have the right (or should have the right) to use whatever-
it-is on the new one. If it's a second system then you should get a site
license.