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From: rlk@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: software protection - dongles & othe
Message-ID: <121@wlcrjs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 03:38:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: wlcrjs.121
Posted: Thu Aug  8 03:38:02 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:32:31 EDT
References: <411@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: rlk@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal)
Organization: chinet, Public Access UN*X, Chicago
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In article <411@brl-tgr.ARPA> Fischer.pa@XEROX.ARPA writes:
>Howzabout serializing by machine and by organization (shades of
>registries).  Then a software manufacturer can sell versions which look


Fortune Systems uses this system (approximately).  Each machine has
a PAL that contains a machine ID and a group ID.  Software installed
on a given machine can be backed up and reinstalled as often as you
wish, but will never run on another machine.  When I was RIFed, the group
protection implementation wasn't complete, but they intended to set
up site licensing by machine groups to handle upgrades and the like
for companies like FORD where there are several hundred machines.



Richard Klappal

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