[nfbcs] jaws so sensitive is BS!

Fri Dec 29 21:36:54 UTC 2017

But other companies have the same problem and they don't make it as 
difficult for a normal, honest user as VFO does.

what

On 12/29/2017 03:07 PM, Graham Mehl via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi all,
> With all due respect to Peter, VFO is already following the activation
> scheme he is suggesting. VFO has simply implemented an additional  mechanism
> to enforce the single user license agreement they have. I am not agreeing or
> disagreeing with tieing the license to a particuar set of hardware, but it
> is a clever way to enforce the single user license agreement.
> 
> So VFO uses four ways to enforce copy right and license agreements.
> 1. valid purchase - serial numbers and registration
> 2. software key
> 3. activation code
> 4. system code, which ties the software and license to the particular
> hardware.
> 
> I may not have all the correct terms, and many of you who use JAWS know this
> already.
> In order verify a person purchased the software you have to register the
> software. Registration ties the software to a particular company / person
> for future support and activation. VFO sells software like many other
> companies. Many moons ago, a software key is printed on the back of the case
> the software comes in. to activate the software you entered in the software
> key.  For obvious reasons this is easy to pirate. So companies implemented
> the requirement to activate the software. VFO makes you enter in the
> software key along with a system code (generated by the computer typically
> ), with that a activation code is provided by the software company. After
> that step the JAWS software is activated and all functionality is available.
> Keeping in mind the registration and activation system have to be
> implemented and supported by the software company. Depending on how many
> copies of the software are sold this could be expensive.  And further more
> if such systems are implemented, there has to be a way for the software to
> interact with these systems. Not all computers are connected to the
> internet. Hence activation and registration VFO has by internet, phone, and
> email. VFO has a license server, so that is what limits the number of
> activations per license. If you want to use the license on a differed
> computer, then you notify the VFO license server that you are giving back
> the activation code on that one computer and then you go to your second /
> other computer and ask the license server for your activation code back. Any
> other software hyou could take the license file from one computer and put it
> on another and you just pirated the software depending on the license
> agreement. Some software looks for a valid software key and activation code
> / license file. This strategy can be pirated as well. I have seen this done
> a lot with gaming software.
> 
> VFO has simply added a fourth step that most do not, The software license is
> a single user license. Meaning it will work only on one computer. What is
> unique to that computer but hardware. They figured that the hardware of a
> typical computer would not change that often, so the license is tied to the
> hardware.
> --
> Graham Mehl
> blind at trailstone.com
> NFB Central Maryland Chapter, Vice President
> LCB graduate, 2016
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 1:23 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] jaws so sensitive is BS!
> 
> Good morning everyone,
> 
> 	Other software vendors use a much simpler authorization process to
> protect their software from pirates. It's called an authorization code. When
> one buys the software and the vendor verrifies that the transaction is legal
> the buyer is sent an authorization code they type into fields on an
> activation screen to bring the software to life. The code can only be used
> for a particular number of activations after which the user receives a
> message saying "Unable to activate" or "Too many installs." This would be a
> far more streamline way to protect software while not inconveniencing users.
> I hope VFO updates its software activation scheme to work in a similar way.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
>    
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 3:36 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Cc: David Andrews
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] jaws so sensitive is BS!
> 
> No, doing so would be defeating their copy protection, which would be
> illegal.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 07:00 PM 12/28/2017, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> In the new age when floppy disks are obsolete, for Christmas I bought
>> myself a icy dock dual 2.5" bay drive cage and obtained visual help to
>> make the sata ports hot plug capable in bios.
>>
>> Everything works great and the computer recognized the drive when it
>> was shoved into the slot then it killed the jaws activation.
>>
>> Has anyone found a way around the jaws activation BS that burns a key
>> when you make any little change to your hardware?
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
> 
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