Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> SafeNet Sentinel Hardware Keys for Linux
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> | SafeNet has announced the release of Sentinel Hardware Keys for
> | Linux platforms, allowing software developers in the Linux
> | community to protect 32-bit software applications from piracy
> | and implement flexible licensing models.
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> http://www.it-observer.com/news.php?id=6898
Hmmmm.... so here we see the Linux equivalent of WGA. Copy protection
that's being used to ensure that people don't illegally copy (read -
pirate) software. Or to paraphrase many other posts... Linux software
that "treats customers as if they were theives."
If done on Windows it's immoral and insulting to the user who bought a
legit copy of the app. But now this is somehow a positive "benefit"
because it's being done on Linux. Put this in the same category as
"RedHat phones home" but that's now a positive thing too.
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