Hi Dallas.
such limits are not actually just on audio games. Avg antivirus and pc
tuneup programs limit you to two machines, and supernova limits you to three
(though with supernova you get an extra license each month).
the issue however, is that as Tom said, neither AVg nor Dolphin are likely
to go out of business soon, thus meaning replacement keys are always
obtainable, indeed I've had so many different licenses for supernova over
the years on five or six different machines I can't count, particularly with
all the version upgrades or even be in a position where if I really needed a
new key I couldn't get one.
Most graphical indi developers I've seen use name generated key systems, or
even just sell you a download of a straight installer, (I've not bought many
graphical indi games but I do have a couple, which i've installed on a
couple of machines).
One thing I do find odd, is that the security for software is so different
from the security of buying other content across the internet.
for example, there are I imagine not a few people on hear who know the
internet audio drama series Leviathan chronicles, (and if not, check it out
it' is great!).
As people will know, while the main series is free, various audio extras are
available to buy, such as special edition episodes and directors cut
versions of the main series. When however you buy these, you simply get a
download link with an expiration on it. You download the episodes, then the
link won't work anymore, however that is it! no passwords, no codes nada!
just download and play.
yes, this makes them infinitely piratable if a person chose, but equally the
producers are banking on people's honesty, partiuclarly since they offer so
much for free and are very much an indi audio company.
while some audio companies have proprietory software, encripted files etc,
Leviathan, and a few others recognize this does no good, ----- after all,
pretty much anything! that plays can be coppied with a digital reccorder,
(one reason why apple's itunes system is rather doomed).
Yet, why can indi audio producers have this level of trust in their
customers, when if anything their work is easier! to pirate, while software
developers do not?
that people will pirate things is inevitable, and I'm pretty sure if I
searched around there are pirated copies of Leviathan floating about, but
that didn't make the producers attempt some draconian system of control, so
what is so different with indi developed software?
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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