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My experience is that companies generally have the intention of playing fair and paying for all the licenses they need, but without any license protection enfor
by spatulon 16y ago
My experience is that companies generally have the intention of playing fair and paying for all the licenses they need, but without any license protection enforcing it, nobody is going to keep an eye on how many people are actually using the software within the organisation.
- wyday 16y agoThis is exactly right - licensing exists for enforcing contracts. Weak systems (e.g. serial-only licensing) results in actual lost sales. It's not always malicious thieving - mostly it's just inefficient bureaucracy. This means you should either protect your software using hardware dongles, or online activation. Hardware dongles are a pain in the ass and will increase your support costs, but some companies prefer them. Nadam, if you're looking for licensing and online activation we're the makers of LimeLM (http://wyday.com/limelm/ http://wyday.com/limelm/ ). Or you can build your own. But we do offer entrepreneur friendly pricing.