[ VXCMD] Time limited demo

[Lynn Fredricks]

> I've just read again both the "VALENTINA SDK COMMERCIAL 
> PUBLISHER AGREEMENT" for the "VALENTINA C++ SDK" and 
> "VALENTINA SDK COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER AGREEMENT". I didn't see 
> any clause that talk about the serial number. So, which 
> clause prohibit me from distributing my software that will 
> pass the serial number to ValentinaInit() function only if my 
> user has entered a serial key (on my own), which means she 
> has paid for my software?
> 
> Just wondering...

"All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by
Paradigma Software."

It doesn’t specifically grant you the right to distribute the
unserialized version. In fact, no rights are expressly granted at all
for the use of the unserialized version.

I can think of a host of business problems this would create for
Paradigma.

As I mentioned to Ron (off-list), I think serialization is best handled
as a deliberate act of your own development. How you handle
serialization directly impacts who tries and who eventually buys your
app. A poorly executed method will hurt you. You also don’t want to be
surprised if something happens under the hood without your knowing.

Ill give you an example -- one client of mine released an add-on product
years ago -- an expensive one that was fully justified in its cost of
$249. It had a very simple serial number scheme. Add-ons, plugins and
utilities used to be the most pirated software -- there are a lot of
people who pay the full price of Photoshop, who don’t really give it a
second thought to use a pirated Photoshop plugin. Well, my client's
add-on's serialization was cracked within a day, and the serial numbers
were everywhere. That product never made back its development costs.
Fastforward by two years -- same client puts out a new version that has
three levels of serialization. 1) a "pre-serial number" is sold,
2)customer registers this pre-serial with the serial number of the
"master product", 3) client sends a special serial number for the add-on
that bonds only with that master product. This one makes money :-)

This solution isnt workable for all applications, but since this method
is acceptable for this class of application in its particular industry,
users werent irritated by it.

Best regards,


Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC

http://www.proactive-intl.com