Any copy protection scheme can be broken, I expect that the pirate software available in China doesn't require connecting to Adobe in any way. Of course incremental upgrading won't happen either and new releases will be available sometime after the normal release, but for a dollar...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Okay. Although it's not completely accurate. PhotoShop won't work without a > valid serial number. It has to be authorized over the web. > > But what does any of this have to do with insisting on open source software? > What's the motivation there? That was my question. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>> I'm still mystified by this. Why does someone with reasonable resources >>>> need >>>> >> a Linus based >> >>>> photo processing system? Do you believe that software developers arent't >>>> >> entitled to profit >> >>>> and some protection of their intellectual property? If so, please send me >>>> all >>>> >> yur photos so I >> >>>> can sell them. >>>> >>> A lot of people do. Photoshop is just about the most pirated program out >>> there >>> >> at the moment. I >> >>> personally know close to a dozen people with pirated Photoshop on their >>> >> computers. >> >> I've been living in China. The normal way to configure a computer (or >> a building full of >> them) there is to buy three CDs at around a dollar each: Windows, MS Office >> and >> Photoshop. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow >> the directions. >> > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
