I did not mentioned that we had also some steps in between. But many of the per-user licenses can be passed on. I don't know how Adobe or Microsoft prevent people of passing their user license to other people.
Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto:use-revolution- > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Richard Gaskin > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. März 2010 18:00 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: AW: OT: locking software to one specific machine? > > Tiemo Hollmann wrote: > > In the first years our software was - in your intention - completely > > free of copy protection, later we implemented a copy protection on > some > > programs, which were running off the CD. > > > > We made the experience, that nobody ever thanked us the ease of use > and lack > > of licensing. Just the opposite. Just because our target market is so > small > > and lots of people know each other, our software was copied, given > away > > without control. > > "Completely free of copy protection" is very different from the > industry-standard per-user license keys I described, and not something > I > would advocate for any commercial product. > > In markets where piracy is an unusually serious consideration, > server-based activation can provide reasonable control over license key > redistribution. If smartly implemented with grace periods, "phone > home" > activation should pose no inconvenience to the end-user. > > But most successful products don't even do that, they merely use > pre-generated keys. Per-user license keys have made Adobe, Microsoft, > Apple, and most other software vendors quite profitable. > > Not having any protection at all is, IMO, only appropriate for free > products. The early years of the computer industry's "shareware" > experiments proved that convincingly. The difference between "free > demo" and "full version" need not be onerous to the user, but there > must > be some incentive to motivate the user to put in the additional effort > to fill out an order form. > > This is one reason why having PayPal as a payment option is so > valuable: > it reduces the payment process to just a single password field and > one > click. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
