How long is 30 days really?

[thedutch]

I was recently informed that adobe offers CS3 as a free download, with a 30 day trial. (http://www.adobe.com/special/try_buy/trial_availability.html) Naturally, the idea here is that you download and install it; when the 30 days are up it locks you out and

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[aieeeeeeee]

imagine if you could go back in time...and kill Hitler!

[mechanyx]

I believe Cycling 74 stores the temporal state on their end ("over the network" as you say) for their trial software. I believe this is defeatable though by making your machine appear to be a different machine by regenerating whatever identifier it is they use for you.

I say open source and don't waste your time with stuff like this.

[thedutch]

It's not just about copy protection.