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This is what happens when you use desktop applications that live in other people's computer's instead of yours.
by superkuh 6y ago
This is what happens when you use desktop applications that live in other people's computer's instead of yours.
- gregschlom 6y agoThat's silly, any desktop app can implement a license check mechanism and decide not to run anymore, even though it's 100% located on "your computer". The real lesson here is: that's what happens when you use software that's free as in beer.
- superkuh 6y agoSure, they can, but most don't because it's obviously a jerk move to require periodic (bi-weekly) internet access when your application doesn't require internet access in the first place.
- bsder 6y agoYou've never run FlexLM, have you?
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI actually test software in a Virtual Machine with no internet access before I use it on my main machine. I'm sure a dedicated developer could trip up my test by only doing an online check after two weeks or something, but it seems to work.