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- From: ry53@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Angela Schmidt)
- Subject: Serial Numbers (WAS: Re: WARNING!! Pirated escaped Directory Opus...)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.120305.9273@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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- References: <15647@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1992Aug4.155347.25480@nmsu.edu> <1992Aug13.184120.10018@nmsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:03:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.184120.10018@nmsu.edu>, pfeiffer@nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer) writes:
- |> My suggestion would be just that, but do it so that no one knew about the
- |> serial number but yourself; ie, any time your program shows a serial number,
- |> the natural tendancy of someone spreading illegal copies is to find that
- |> number and change it. Now we have a new problem...
- |>
- |> Instead of advertising that serial number, have it in there, but only in
- |> such a way know to your (the programmer) self. Or am I reinventing the
- |> wheel, here? :)
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- As soon as two betatesters compare their programs, they'll find the
- serial number. To avoid this problem, I'ld suggest to link all the
- object files in a differant order. You might use randomize (serialnumber)
- to calculate the random order.
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- I think, when you do _this_, you even can advertise the serial number.
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