san@halley.UUCP (Steve Sanderson) (07/25/89)
I've been looking thru the NeXT technical documents, but I can't find any reference to machine serial number available via software. Since I don't have a NeXT, I can't actually poke around the system or look at the online docs. Does the NeXT have a unique number/ID for each unit? The question is actually leading towards how someone would license a piece of software for an individual unit with some (albeit minimal) security. I'm interested in the NeXT *technical* issues around this kind of scheme. Thanks, Steve Sanderson halley!san@cs.utexas.ed -or- cs.utexas.edu!halley!san
epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) (07/26/89)
In article <534@halley.UUCP> san@halley.UUCP (Steve Sanderson) writes: >Does the NeXT have a unique number/ID for each unit? The question is >actually leading towards how someone would license a piece of software >for an individual unit with some (albeit minimal) security. Each cube has a unique Ethernet address. I can't wait for "Copy II NeXT" :-) [IMHO, you are a fool to use serial numbers for license checking.] -=EPS=-