NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/os/msdos/programm/11532

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From: [e-mail] (Gordon Shephard)
Subject: Re: How could I copy protect Borland C++ on a network ?
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Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 00:29:44 GMT
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[e-mail] (Stephen R. Phillips) writes:
>Luc Bussieres ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Is there a way to protect Borland C++ from pirating on an nfs disk?
>:
>: Does novell as a copy protection feature that will work with Borland C++?

1) Execute-Only on Novell is horrendous as you are no longer
   able to back up the Execute Only files.  Unacceptable.

2) Difficult (If not impossible) to copy protect programs on a PC,
   because the Executable has to be loaded into memory in order to
   run.  At which point you may make a copy from memory  (Of course
   you don't get the Overlay Files...)

3) Try experimenting with the Hidden attribute.  A DOS Copy won't
   work with a hidden files, but you can execute it.

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