Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:29:34 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: wollman@lcs.mit.edu, terry@lambert.org, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, jhs@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, commercial@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Licensing Software Message-ID: <199609252329.QAA06982@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <12098.843686808@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Sep 25, 96 02:26:48 pm
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> I don't know what you guys are all arguing about anyway. Location > based license managers are EVIL, they are NOT the future (just pick up > a copy of Purify or ObjectCenter sometime to see where it's going > instead) and no ISV in their right minds or with even the vaguest > understanding of the concept of networking should be going with LM > technology that cares one whit where a user is sitting. All you care > about is the number of simultaneous accesses you get, and any node in > the network should be able to "check out" a license if you've gone > with the appropriate technology. There is inherent locality associated with the license server. I can reuse a license in your scenario if I can make equiavelent servers -- the same license may be checked out from both simultaneously. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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