At 7:50 PM -0400 26/5/00, Peuapeu@... wrote:

>Has anyone used dongles to protect their software?  I have a situation where
>a number of people in other countries want to purchase and even distribute my
>program but they are advising me that I MUST have an effective protection
>system.  For example, one person told me that if they sell one copy to a
>local school and come back a month later, it is not unusual to see the
>program on a dozen machines.

Dongles appear to be on the way out. Most software is now going for a
licence server. The software is installed on every machine in a school, but
the license exists only for 10 copies. Someone fires up the software, if a
spare licence is available then that machine gets the licence. If many
people try getting a licence and they fail, then the sysadmin buys a 20
user licence.

This could be a good earner. Anyone like to licence the idea?  ;)

Peter           mailto:peter@...