pirates ?lachrimae wrote:It's a shame that pirating had created such an environment where a paying customer like me won't even consider purchasing from such a good developer due to the licensing mechanism and policies. I demand more freedom from my purchases and I can understand why Andy demands more for his hard work. Neither side is willing to budge on their stance which means the pirates win and the good people lose. Such is life I guess...
these measures/policies are in place to deal with license transfers. in otherwords legitmate users. not pirates.
as far as piracy is concerned, the mechanism (C/R) is all that a cracker needs to consider.
there's oodles of developers out there employing C/R copy protection that don't also employ the kind of drop-your-pants-and-grab-your-ankles policies Andy is talking about implementing. And the reasoning for these policies is full of holes, imo.