On 4/25/2016 10:00 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote:
I license my VSE software to customers based on their cpu capacity. In the past, I have trusted my customers, but recently, I have had two customers give 'inaccurate' information. I want to add code to my product software key to validate either the capacity setting or max MSUs.
Before retiring I worked for several ISVs. The next to last one was relevant - they issued a license key based on CPU model, serial (allowing for multiple processor ids), and date. Most of our customers considered the software mission critical, and that caused problems. In one case their machine was down (flooded basement!), and they needed to run elsewhere; it wasn't during working hours, and they were extremely upset, so much so that they requested less onerous checking, which they got.
You might be better off bringing the "inaccurate" information problem to the attention of the CEO (not the CIO, whose idea this might have been), and explain that you have legal remedies. We found that top management tends to be very sensitive about bad publicity, especially for (from their point of view) small amounts.
Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
