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This is why Free Software is much better. There is no license that needs to be bought or activated and thus none of these problems exist.
by omouse 18y ago
This is why Free Software is much better. There is no license that needs to be bought or activated and thus none of these problems exist.
- kajecounterhack 18y agoGo ahead and downmod me but seriously, no really, -- DUH. Haha. I had to say it!
- patio11 18y agoIf you made a single-point induction on software in my field for proprietary software versus open source, you'd probably conclude "License keys are annoying but on the other hand installers that actually function are sort of groovy."
- unalone 18y agoThere's also no profit to be made, which discourages the talented people who are perfectionists but insist on compensation. Everything has drawbacks. (I'd point out that with iLife 09, Apple no longer uses serial numbers, meaning they don't attempt to prevent piracy. Payware doesn't necessarily mean Stupid.)