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

[chris]

On 08/10/21 20:44, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 10/08/2021 19:42, Dave Froble wrote:
>
>>
>> Will there be a few unreputable users?  There is always the few, in
>> just about anything, and you'll never reform them, and it's not worth
>> the trouble to try to do so.  The "hit" you may take with reputable
>> customers just isn't worth it.
>>
>
> There are whole countries - China, Russia etc that don't believe they
> should pay for software...
>

Well, you'll never reform them to do the right thing, ever, and such
people will always find ways to get round any encryption or other
access controls. You have to take that hit, but that sort of cheating
isn't limited to software, but anything that can be copied or used
without paying for it.

So again, make it free to access and use for none commercial purposes
and you no longer need a hobbyist program. The pro end of the market
will always do the right thing, for the reasons that David has been
discussing. The more open to use it is, without impediment, the greater
the traction in terms of evaluation by the curious, or those that want
to learn about it, making it easier to create the skill base needed if
VMS is going to survive lomg term. Need to get it out there...