waters@viking.dec.com (07/28/86)
Just got a pleasing letter today from ADAPSO announcing the
demise of a hardware-based copy-protection mechanism.
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25 years of leadership 1961 - 1986
July 24, 1986
Dear Interested Party:
This is to advise you formally that ADAPSO has withdrawn its
Proposal for Software Authorization System Standards. ADAPSO
took this action after polling almost 1500 persons and determining
that there is insufficient support to warrant the promulgation
of a voluntary, industry-wide standard. We thank you for your
interest and concern.
Sincerely,
ADAPSO
1300 North Seventeenth Street Suite 300 Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703) 522-5055 Telex: 4993994david@ci-dandelion.UUCP (David Watson) (07/29/86)
The news that ADAPSO has withdrawn its support for the "hardware key"
method of software "authorization" is one of the most positive and
reasonable steps I can imagine. It's obvious from the industry trend
that copy protection is going nowhere; I was getting ready to get REALLY
annoyed at having to dangle a bauble from my PC.
Kudos to ADAPSO for a decision that could not have been easy
to reach, although it was right.
-D.
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-David M. Watson, Jr. ..{talcott,mit-eddie,frog}!ci-dandelion!david
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Cognition, Inc. [Where the sun never sets]
900 Tech Park Drive
Billerica, MA 01821
(617) 667-4800forbus@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (08/02/86)
My heavens! A sensible action at last. Next we'll hear that software is actually supposed to perform as stated, shrink-wrap "licenses" notwithstanding.