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Not really sure what alternative people would prefer here. DRM to ensure it doesn't run at all unless it can contact a license server? Complete with licensing
by repolfx 7y ago
Not really sure what alternative people would prefer here.
DRM to ensure it doesn't run at all unless it can contact a license server? Complete with licensing related outages?
Oracle's approach here isn't especially unusual and seems better than video game style DRM. Always run, ping home and let pirates be mopped up asynchronously or (more commonly) businesses that just aren't disciplined about licensing contacted to get proper billing in place.
If you want to sell software users can run themselves, and not just rent via a cloud service, what better approach is there?
- mleo 7y agoLots of software provides base software and free trial of premium features with time limit without a paid license.
- repolfx 7y agoAnd so does Oracle. You usually only pay if it's in production. But again - at some point there needs to be some mechanism to catch people who don't pay. All other alternatives seem to be more aggressive and worse.