I don't think many people would go for that.
I would expect most of us to prefer permanent, one-time payment solutions.
Also, the guys making my PCB software said when asked why the programm
simply terminates after a while if you are over the pin limit (this is
indicated) that it is to prevent hacking. If you add a message "you are
over it" it is easy to spot and hack the programm there. Instead they
check in several places with a short piece of code. So it may be difficult
to prevent hacking of some licensing schemes.
ST
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:15:08 +0100, davelandnni <daveland@...> wrote:
> I think that Eagle and others should adopt a $per board strategy for
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> causal users like us. They could make a single board license file
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> that costs say $20 and gives you unlimited features for that single
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> board (locked to that PCB file on your PC). You go to the web site
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> and paypal $20 and they send you the license file good for one
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> board. The license file "dies" after you run your CAM process for
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> the 5th time on the board ( 4 tries to get it right). The license
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> file would also be suspended if you try and delete too many parts and
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> make another board from the design (cheating). You could then beg for
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> forgiveness and get a re-instatement.