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What are the indications that the software you mention are 'warez.'

• throwaway532 16y ago
  the adobe one has a keygen thing, the rest are network file shares with license in a txt file.
  • 8ig8 16y ago
    Thanks. Even though my original comment was terse, I was honestly curious. My company is going through the hiring process for the first time now, so we're trying to establish a procedure for managing licenses. It's pretty clear that when you're given a keygen something isn't legit, but for installed software it's probably not so easy to tell. As a small business owner I can definitely see the temptation to do this. For someone not involved in software production, it may appear to be a victimless crime. On the flip side I know first hand that some people just don't get it. A software license is a foreign concept to them. It's complicated by the various types of licenses: user licenses, sites licenses, family licenses, etc. Some licenses permit a desktop and laptop install. Some don't.
• wlievens 16y ago
  Just guessing: instead of handing you an installation disk and a license key, they tell you "on disk X there's the installer and the keygen"?