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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/7/2021 7:20 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.

Why?

Strong license checks is a home computer software thing.

In the professional market there is not much need. Relative
few cheat. And the usual way to check against cheating
is a software license audit.

Arne