Message from discussion VRPC on Linux with WINE

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From: Rob Kendrick <n...@rjek.com>
Subject: Re: VRPC on Linux with WINE
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:07:17 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:49:28 +0000, Paul Vigay wrote:

> In a dim and distant universe <jsv*uK...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
>    Theo Markettos <theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> enlightened us
>    thusly:
> [Snippety snip]
> 
>> around with WINE and downloading various DLLs from Microsoft, but I
>> just took the easy option and used my existing Windows install. 
>> Interestingly the copy protection didn't kick in, so evidently WINE's
>> emulating the network MAC address correctly.
> 
> It's easy enough to customise the MAC address anyway under Linux.

It's easy enough to change the MAC address under Windows, too.  Using the 
MAC as the "hardware key" is a completely ineffective way of doing copy 
prevention - it doesn't stop the people who actually want to rip you off, 
it just annoys the legitimate users.  Much like most DRM.

B.