> On Apr 21, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Wendell Lovewell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I work for a vendor, so I understand the necessity of making sure that > licensed products are used properly. But I also understand the inconvenience > for both the customer and the vendor of managing software keys. > > I’m wondering what the list’s response would be toward implementing a system > that automatically managed the keys by allowing the software to “phone home” > to update them. My thoughts are that each time the software was started, and > perhaps periodically, it would report its own key (to identify the customer), > CPU id, MSU and/or whatever licensing metric was used. If a verification > response could not be obtained, either because of license expiration or > communication errors, a grace period of “n” days would be allowed. > > There would obviously be encryption, high availability, and possibly even > customer firewall considerations. But it seems like a fair trade to me. > Opinions?
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