From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!feed.news.schlund.de!schlund.de!news.online.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Bode Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AdaCore ... the Next SCO? Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:55:44 +0200 Organization: 1&1 Internet AG Message-ID: References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1151434144.2179.36.camel@localhost> <1151965334.709372.227600@a14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <3Ryqg.368$Rk2.140@trndny04> <1152882713.304794.267470@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <34r70ox8kc.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <1153167224.590828.32290@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1153175027.628030.98470@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1153218153.7071.1.camel@localhost> <1153252008.10975.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: p54af2489.dip0.t-ipconnect.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: online.de 1153252545 13410 84.175.36.137 (18 Jul 2006 19:55:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@einsundeins.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:55:45 +0000 (UTC) X-message-flag: IMPORTANT MESSAGE -- PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY!!! X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII, .rtf, .ps, .pdf - *NO* MS Office files User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5784 Date: 2006-07-18T21:55:44+02:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus writes: > Microsoft offers lengthy license texts, including on redistributables. > Some paragraphs are known to not apply in some contries, still the > license text suggests they do (to the layman, at least). > The holographic trick is, I believe, a way to make selling > forged copies of software disks more difficult. Yes and if you have this holographic logo on your CD this is a very strong hint that the EULA on that CD is in fact Microsoft's EULA and not changed by someone else. No need to call Bill Gates to check the license. > A lot like obfuscation is useful in making software theft more > difficult. And probably the looks of holographic disks help > marketing, too. But I am not aware of holographic print being used > as a signature. Is it a new form of signing? Sorry, I did not mean holographic signature. > I wonder why industry is so reluctant in adopting digital signatures. > Are they afraid of cryptography in general? An unintelligible myth? > Less opportunity for travel because you cannot shake hands over signed > contracts when using eMail? Increased dependence on inferiors to sort > out the technical stuff? ;-) All of that ;-) -- Michael Bode