Re: shareware grace period initialization

[Tom Zerucha]

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, David R. Britton wrote:

> Dear coders,
> 
> I am planning on marketing my app as shareware.  My intent is to allow
> a grace period of 30 days after the app is installed.  What is the best 
> way to initialize the "grace" period?

When some vital function is used, e.g. "save".

Also, it is best not to use a fixed period.  I download and look at a lot
of stuff and it is often more than 30 days before I can get back to it and
the last thing I want is EXPIRED! the second time I use something.  Use 30
(or less) use-days, i.e. increment a counter when it is being used on a
different day than the last time.