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[piet at cs.uu.nl]

>>>>> "Joshua Muskovitz" <josh at open.com> (JM) writes:

JM> Well, given that he's talking about *porting* their app, I would say that
JM> their entire client base would be that stupid.  Licensing code to a
JM> particular machine is actually quite common, especially for expensive
JM> software.  Using the network adapter ID or other unique identifiers is no
JM> big deal.  I'm sure that if they need to move to another machine, it is
JM> probably just a phone call or an email to get a new key.

Until the company goes out of business. 
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