Hi!
Here in my University, we have original copies of educational version of AutoCAD (I don't remember the versions).
I don't know the licence restrictions, but I can try autorization to share exclusively to wine developers some AutoCAD license (then I can send you a copy).
I'm talking from Brazil, maybe someone more closest to you can try the same (to send a copied CD-ROM from post mail is not very easy here), else I can try to do that.
How can we proceed? If should be necessary, may the Wine organization send-me a document with the request?
Just to know, I study in "Escola de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói/RJ - Brasil".
Sorry the english, and I hope I can help. Regards, Dalai Felinto
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2007/5/6, Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com:
On 5/5/07, L. Rahyen research@science.su wrote:
[The worst problem with supporting Autocad is going to be the copy
protection.]
Yeah, probably. It looks like they used C-Dilla (aka safecast) from 2000 or so to 2005 or so. http://wiki.winehq.org/SafeDisc gives hope that Wine will support safedisc one of these days. Until then, at least I can make sure there aren't any installer bugs in the free trials.
Before I go wild buying old autocad books from Amazon, does anyone out there have old copies of Autocad (full or trial) they'd be willing to send me for testing?
I recommend you to search these programs in file sharingsystems.
I'd rather not; running high-value commercial software from strangers gives me the willies. I'd rather get it from an authoritative source.
- Dan