On Tue, 25 May, 1999, Russell Coker wrote: > I intend to release a package of a little library I'm working on called > "fakedate". This will wrap the time() system call and make applications think > that they are running on a different date. This is designed to be used for > year 2000 testing but could be used for many other situations (EG if the system > clock is inaccurate and you're not the sys-admin then you could give your email > program the correct idea of the time). Or a clever wrapper for shareware style trial packages for linux that stop working after a certian time. I don't think there are any yet, but when linux is popular there will be. And yes, I know it is the wrong thing to do, and yes I know running time limited shareware is the wrong thing to do, but it was just an idea. -- I consume, therefore I am
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