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To: helgehaf@idb.hist.no
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Subject: Re: A return to PCI ordering problems...
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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:52:44 +0100 (CET)
From: wingel@hog.ctrl-c.liu.se (Christer Weinigel)
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Helge Hafting wrote:
>Dale Amon wrote:
>> There are a couple reasons. One that is specific to this
>> particular case is that the VeryExpensiveProprietaryPackage
>> someone bought checks the eth0 MAC address to be sure you
>> haven't moved it. It would not really be smart to license
>> it against a removable, swappable PCI card.
>> 
>Such a licencing scheme isn't very smart on a os where
>the kernel source is available anyway.

It's not very smart even on a proprietary operating system such
as Solaris.  There have been tools available to report a different
hostid on Solaris for ages.

  /Christer
-- 
"Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?"
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