At the first SAS User Meeting in Germany after the wall fell, an East German techie presented himself to the MD of SAS Europe and reported that he had been responsible for distributing SAS in all of the Eastern block countries.
The limiting factor on distribution was the need for 15 PC "stiffie" 1.44MB floppies; if you had 15 and sent them to him, you got SAS. Barry Herbert W. Barry Merrill, PhD President-Programmer MXG Software Merrill Consultants 10717 Cromwell Drive Dallas, TX 75229 [email protected] http://www.mxg.com - FAQ has Most Answers [email protected] invoices/PO/Payment [email protected] technical tel: 214 351 1966 - expect slow reply, use email fax: 214 350 3694 prefer email, still works -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lloyd Fuller Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Auditing vendor source code Actually, US companies have also stolen software. I will not go into details, but it has happened at a company that I worked for. One of their customers stole the software for at least a couple of years until we changed how our license key was generated. Lloyd ----- Original Message ----- > From: Phil Smith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: Auditing vendor source code > > Ed Jaffe wrote: >> We once had a situation in which a foreign distributor had numerous > "off-book" customers using our software illegally. It's not clear > whether the customers actually realized they were pirating the > software. In any case, the implementation of so-called "keys" put a > stop to all subsequent attempts at deliberate or accidental misuse (as > far as we know, of course)... > > As you note, "as far as we know". If the distributor was that > dishonest, I assume this meant that the US folks had to handle all > keys? I bet that was fun...lots of off-hours calls! > > Yeah, the only argument I've ever heard that had any teeth was related > to them untrustworthy furriners. Though I suspect it's less that > foreign companies are less trustworthy than that American companies > are more afraid of litigation... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
