HELP needed: Tricks for licensing Python software

[Max Khesin]

I would appreciate a link to the sources below. But do you think this can be
universally applied? Would MSWindows/office bring in better revenues without
copy protection? Adobe? I mean, these guys aren't stupid and I am sure they
hire market research people to investigate these things. I am not sure if
your argument works in every situation...

max.

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<sismex01 at hebmex.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > > Since he's already said it better than I can...
> > >
> > >     Here's my message to the record industry and its allies:
> > >     I'm not a thief.  I'm a customer.  When you treat me like a
> > >     thief, I won't be your customer.  -- Dan Gillmor
> >
> > I appreciate the sentiment, but it is meaningless without
> > numbers. It is true that copy-protection offends some honest
> > people, but the numbers I heard seem to indicate (unless you
> > have data to prove the opposite) that copy protection is
> > economically advantageous in many instances. Honest people
> > will just have to get over it :). Of course, the more
> > transparent the copy protection system is, the better
> > (potential) customer reaction can be expected.
> > max.
> >
>
> I suspect you haven't read John Walker's diary about when
> then added the dongle to AutoCAD, nor have you read about
> Intuit's potential losses both monetary and in market share
> because of their use of a macrovision's copy protection
> software.
>
> AutoCAD lost thousands of customers during their very brief
> stint with copy-protection, and Intuit is about to also,
> because treating your customers as thiefs normally alienates
> them.
>
> John Walker's diary is an excellent knowledge resource.
>
> hth.
>
> -gca
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