Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:26:48 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco), jhs@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, commercial@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Licensing Software Message-ID: <12098.843686808@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:41:18 EDT." <9609252041.AA25068@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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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. I and most other people I know vote with our wallets. I *will not purchase* or recommend for purchase any package which does location based license management. Just won't do it. Wouldn't be prudent. Jordan
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