[discussion] Schema of Valentina server licensing

[Shrink2Fit at aol.com]

I'd like to chime in here with a question/request.

Would it be possible to have our clients purchase additional users and 
get server updates through a mechanism similar to what kagi provides for 
paradigmasoft now? I would like to be able to set the cost, control a web 
page that supplies the information, but have fulfillment be automatated 
through this proposed mechanism. Paradigma would provide a mechanism for 
managing these update and give me credit for the amounts collected. Of 
course we could manage all of this information ourselves and dole out 
keys manually, but that implies a pre sale cash outlay instead of a just 
in time purchase. The price that we pay could be related to the number of 
seats sold. This sort of credit system isn't unusual and provides an 
incentive to increase sales without overextending ourselves in order to 
get the lower per unit price. I understand that this won't have the 
result of giving Paradigma a big cash influx immediately based on 
developers future sales projections, but it is a better long term method 
of doing business in that it ties your success to the success of your 
users. I could imagine some set up cost to be part of this system and 
also a developer kit that includes a license for only the demo server 
capability. 

Does this make sense to anyone else?

J/



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Jonathan Feinstein
Shrink2Fit Software