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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: You know, you'd think by the 19th release ...
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Patrick Kellum (patrick@otn.net) wrote:

> On 20-Nov-96 22:23:31, Andrew Plotkin was hanging out in rec.arts.int-fiction.
> And, for some reason, was chating about Re: You know, you'd think by the 19th release ...

> >> REGISTER
> > [Please enter your registration code: > SYFHJSD
> > [Ok. You are no longer barred from entering the white house.]

> > But that would only stay registered for that game. If the player 
> > restarted, it would get lost.

> > The flag would stick in save files, though. I always save a game right 

> Yep, and there's the prob.  You see, within a day save files containing the
> first move (i.e. register) would appear on the net.

Would they? This isn't Quake. All players are, by definition, hobbyists. 
They want IF to continue.

My Mac shareware game is in all the "pirate hack" lists. Anyone who wants 
to can patch the application to bypass the registration code check. But 
it still makes money. The people who like Mac puzzle games *want* to give 
me money.

--Z

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