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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Explain to me why, having bought the software (or license, if you prefer) why I can't install it serially from machine A to machine B to machine C, if I scrap the prior machine? Still using the one license...
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That is usually allowed. The only time it is really not allowed is if you are doing it with OEM software. Check the licenses, though.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
But with piracy of software, the first wave of copy protection came into existence to prevent the copying of floppy disks. This started around 1977, and became prevalent, particularly for games. Some big packages were copy-protected, some weren't (Visicalc was, DBase II wasn't, for example).
This was not popular with users and people started cracking the copy protection. Many complaints were made by users and they also started buying non-copy protected software instead of copy-protected software. Around the mid 1980's, hard drives started to become available. People wanted to load their software onto thier hard drive and forget about it, instead of always having to stick a floppy disk in to use the software. This caused a trend away from copy protection. By the early 1990's copy protect was at a low ebb.
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Early disks, they'd do stuff like hole punch in strategic spots, where if it was in the wrong spot, the program wouldn't run due to errors, and if it was missing, the program knew and wouldn't run.