Re: USB-Memorystick - serial number

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 03:10:32 +0100, Ulrich Korndoerfer
<ulrich_wants_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

Not a one time token. The token is sold with the software. When the
software is installed on a pc and shall be licensed, in this moment the
token is needed. Anyone who owns the token is authorized to license the
software. There is no need for the token *owner* to authenticate
himself. So no calls to momma ;-). Licensing is completely anonymous.
The data stored on the token for each licensing act are some of the pc's
data and the licensing date. But as the owner holds the token, those
data stay private.

It is an interesting idea

I can see legal problems in certain countries, some legal systems
state that anything can be re-sold.

I'm also not sure how you will decrement a counter on the memory stick

Personally I'm not keen on 'hardware binding' except when it is to
prevent people pinching the customers data.

On my little used XP-Pro box I have two caddy drives and a whole load
of spare hard disks

Annoyingly when I swap a drive, XP detects the hardware change and
'calls back to momma' which I find annoying - and very worrying.

I also have a number of machines on one KVM switch, and expect to have
copies of all utility software etc on each machine
- not unreasonable as they are not used simultaneously, I simply need
to test my code under 95/98/2k/XP
- also the machines provide a degree of backup

Your licensing approach would probably work for a lot of users, but it
would be loathed by programmers and by people who upgrade their
machines frequently (and some do).

Personally I reckon that putting the name of the licenced user on the
screen and all printouts is a way of protecting certain types of
software,
- and for other types I would not mind some sort of generic dongle
(which is not legal in the USA I believe) that all my packages
recognize

You might well have a market
- it will be interesting seeing how you get on
.

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