On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Joseph McDonnell wrote:
>
> The words "available on the web" speak volumes. To the best of my
> knowledge, serial numbers are made available only through StataCorp.
> If you have downloaded a serial number from a site other than
> StataCorp's, it is not a legitimate number and your copy is illegal.
> If you bought your copy from StataCorp (or one of its agents) you
> would have received a valid number and there would be no need to go
> looking on the web.
>
Speaking for the Stata lurker community: those who monitor Stata's
listserv but do not contribute -- except every so often -- we agree.
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