Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:18:03 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jhs@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, serious@FreeBSD.org, commercial@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Licensing Software Message-ID: <199609250118.SAA05124@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199609250013.CAA02049@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Sep 25, 96 02:13:01 am
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> I either need to :
> - Develop alone, hooks for such things as
> - constructing machine IDs (from poking around the system)
> - user count (for single workstation or multi user server pricing)
> - link crippled-write, time limited, demo versions
> - make must be minimal hastle to authors, requiring no change to
> - sources, just to Link flags
> - non availability to me (as distributor) of source,
> but availability of .o files
> - Or I can maybe develop a mechanism with other interested commercial sellers,
> so that FreeBSD would have some generic mechanism, & maybe unique
> product & system keys.
>
> - Or I can even buy in such a solution if one's available ?
>
> I've read `Sun Expert' in the past, with horror stories of Sun lock managers
> across nets, & I am not interested in any net strategies,
> this will be local to the box.
>
> I'm not into academic elegant lots-of-effort solutions,
> I'm after a cheap dirty quick solution, I don't want to spend much
> time on this, my budgeted work time on this is limited,
> (& I'd prefer to spend my free on public source, not licence stuff)
Machine ID: 32 bit value
use network tuple
use ifconfig interface
attempt to subvert via kernel hacking will damage ifconfig
User count: Require license tracking
use license manager
FLEX/LM is suggested
Demo version: Use license class
use license manager which supports class reporting
FLEX/LM is suggested
Source changes: Just leave the license manager in all the time
No additional changes to sources required
Key sourcing: Only the vendor can generate valid keys
don't want {distributor|other} making keys
Already supported in most LM software
Is what I'd suggest.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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