open this package and you're stuck with it

[Peter da Silva]

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In article <10760 at saturn.ucsc.edu> daniel at saturn.ucsc.edu (Daniel Edelson) writes:
> Limiting software to a particular period of time or number of
> executions appears difficult, especially on PCs, but even on
> workstations.

A particular number of executions, I can believe. But a particular period
of time is no big deal. Everything you send through the mail or buy in a
store is timestamped (either via the cancellation or on your receipt), so
allowing people a 30 or so day trial period seems fairly easy. Other goods
are sold that way.
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