[Wine] Problem with FlexLM licensing

[David Gerard]

On 03/10/2007, Paul Jackson <sa212+wine at cyconix.com> wrote:
> Dan Kegel wrote:

> > The key to getting MXE III's starter version
> > working is to use native msvcrt.  (Our fread
> > has a bug in it when reading binary files
> > as ascii, it seems.  I'll file a bug soon.)  So try
> >   wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks
> >   sh winetricks vcrun6
> > and then set msvcrt to native in winecfg.
> > Let me know whether that lets you get MXE III's
> > starter edition going.

> You're a star, Dan; it works.
> I should write up some details on getting it running, but I've got some
> concerns on legality. I guess the only dubious step is that I supplied a
> drive ID when requesting a license, and set my Wine drive ID to that
> number. I guess that someone could complain that this is against the
> spirit (or the letter?) of the license agreement. On the other hand, if
> I'd set Wine's ID first, and then requested a license for that ID, that
> seems perfectly kosher to me.
> Any thoughts, anyone?


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- d.