License / Registration key enabled software

[Steve Holden]

Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> Steve Holden enlightened us with:
> 
>>And you guarantee that the contents of the smartcard is only used by
>>one user at a time by building a licensing system for the
>>smartcards?
> 
> 
> We can never, ever make a 100% guarantee that people won't copy what
> you supply them. The only way to do that is to thoroughly monitor them
> 24/7, violating every privacy law in existance.
> 
Excellent. So you don't trust them not to abuse the software, but you 
trust them not to abuse the smartcards. What's wrong with this picture?

regards
  Steve
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