[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-08-07, Bob Eager <news0009 at eager.cx> wrote:
>
> I always thought that the primary purpose of LMF was a 'light touch' way 
> of making sure that compaies kept up with their licensing, even if the 
> company was a bit disorganised.
>

There is a major change between then and now.

Back in those days hardware cost a _lot_ of money. If you had enough
money to buy the hardware, you also had enough money to buy the
software.

These days hardware is cheap compared to the cost of the software.
There is a much stronger motivation for some people to try and
break the licencing so they can run the expensive software on
cheap hardware.

The old LMF is no longer suitable for purpose in this new world
with its different dynamics and I would be absolutely amazed
if VSI were not looking at making the licencing software much
stronger as a result.

Simon.

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