We developed the Lock & Key system out of necessity to easily and effectively copy protect our software titles. This system has served us well for the past two years and we are now making it available to the general programming community. When we designed the Lock & Key system, we had a number of goals in mind: * Must be extremely easy for the programmer to use. * Must be royalty free for all our applications. * Must be software based (ie. no "dongles" or other hardware devices). * Must be able to stop virtually all piracy of our software. * Must be easily administed by our sales staff. We feel that we have succeeded in meeting these goals, and have had the luxury for the past two years of knowing that every copy of our software being used has been paid for. We hope you enjoy the same benefits we have from the use of this Lock & Key system.