Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: A return to PCI ordering problems... | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:52:44 +0100 (CET) | From | (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.
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