Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED.
If you look at M$'s licences notice how it says you own a lease.
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What did I say? I never implied that leasing software was illegal. What I said was that software that expires after a certain time has certain problems, the most basic of which is that a renter who makes a good-faith effort to pay the rent, must be able to retain ("enjoy") the use of the rented property.
It's not property that you are renting, it is a right-to-use.
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--- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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