RE: MIMMIX and Keyed Software

Nathan,

We are a vendor. Our product is licensed by concurrent sessions. The
key is composed of, among other things, Perm and temp seats. The server
portion is keyed to a serial number. Since our product is licensed by
session, the customer is free to install the client on spare and backup
devices without paying for licenses for the device. This has been a
popular selling point.

Dan...

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:55 AM
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Subject: Re: MIMMIX and Keyed Software



Jeff,

Your question piqued my interest because I recently
implemented logic in my Web portal to redirect browsers to a
static Web page when a menu item is clicked, instead of
allowing the browser into the requested application, if the
number of active sessions exceeds a maximum, which is defined
in a table.

That table holds license keys for each "product" + "HTTP
server instance" + "machine serial number", with the idea of
implementing an optional session limit for each product,
server instance, and machine.

In other words, my algorithm for generating a license key,
and limiting active sessions, is based partly on machine
serial number. Does that make sense? Is that the kind of
feedback you were asking about?

I'd also be interested in hearing if other vendors are
implementing session limits, or other usage based limits on
packaged software, and whether that makes sense to customers.

Or, are you asking for opinions about licensing & pricing
software, used only on HA backup machines?

-Nathan



----- Original Message ----
From: Jeffry A. Kennedy <jkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 9:40:48 AM
Subject: MIMMIX and Keyed Software

How do you handle non-IBM Keyed software ?

We have Help Systems Products and they want us to buy a
second license for the HA box. We are just starting into the HA world.