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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Licensing Software
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:38:36 -0700 (MST)
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> > 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.
> 
> Piddle and tosh.  It's an easy thing to make a license manager check
> for duplicates and either work cooperatively or shut down again.
> 
> This also assumes that your LM also doesn't require an admin password
> on startup - another way of making sure unauthorized types don't start
> their own copies.  This is a non-problem.

What if I create false static routes between the license servers?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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