It could be that some people subconsciously think:- - Better security of cars means less cars get broken into. - Therefore better security of Maya (or whatever) means that fewer crackers manage to crack Maya successfully. But that analogy doesn't work. One broken-into car is one car and remains one car. One cracked copy of Maya (or whatever) can be easily copied and recopied and rerecopied and is soon all over the world via the internet and people with CD-writers passing CD-ROM's about. And after that has happened the only sensible course for the package's legitimate authors is to get rid of the now purposeless software lock, as after that (keeping the software lock to stop home copying and multiple installation from one CD-ROM) would merely benefit the professional warez sellers.