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You said it's a commercial add on product, how big is the target company? If we're talking enterprise it seems really unlikely they're going to be using softwar
by mcintyre1994 13y ago
You said it's a commercial add on product, how big is the target company? If we're talking enterprise it seems really unlikely they're going to be using software without a license regardless of ease. You most likely can't stop pirates but will they be notable?
- cruppstahl 13y agoEarlier versions used GPL and dual-licensing, and so far the customers are startups and smaller companies, not big enterprises. I am pretty sure that the GPL version was used a lot in commercial products; that was one of the reasons why I chose to switch to APL and offer a closed source add on. But if i weight piracy against the big effort that i have in creating 30day trials i tend to say that i don't care that much about piracy...
- mcintyre1994 13y agoBy that last sentence it sounds like you should just sell it as non-obfuscated source. It'll probably leak at some point if there's demand for it by pirates but nobody legitimate is going to use a stolen library without a license. A money back guarantee is probably a good idea, would it be cheaper to just do that as a payment from you to them than them doing a chargeback?
- cruppstahl 13y agoI'm not sure what is cheaper, i'll figure it out. Thanks for your comment!