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Unread 16-10-2008, 14:38
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Re: Labview 8.5.1 Now available for download

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Originally Posted by B.Johnston View Post
I wouldn't even begin to use the term "public license" to describe this distribution.

If you check the acknowledgement email you'd see clearly that they know who is using and on what computer they are using it on.

This is clearly a time limited highly specific version of LabView with the purpose of broadening the opportunity to learn "How To".

To Quote the email

The activation code(s) above were generated with the following serial number and for the following computer:

Serial Number: L12R86754
Computer ID: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

This serial number has been used to generate activation codes for FIRST Robotic Competition on 67 different computers in the past 365 days.
Thanks for clearing that up, I havent seen the email. Im glad that there is some security to it. Don't get me wrong, I am so glad they released this. I just was musing on the fact that at first glance it didn't really appear that secure. Though the fact that they can see who is using it does somewhat worry me.

And don't get me started on Autodesk Firstbase.
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