> Presumably, if these guys don't have the tools to issue a
> registration, they don't have the tools to modify the program to
make
> registration unnecessary.
Correct. Or not the time, or maybe they simply do not want to
bother, all of which is perfectly understandable.
> Is that something that helpful programming
> savvy members of the community could do, assuming permission were
> granted by the developer/copyright owner?
To a certain degree this would depend on which software was used
to develop the product. In case of the Newton Toolkit (NTK), for
example, I think it wouldn't be a big deal to remove registration
if one had the sources.
Frank
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