Some doubts about the license

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marcussacana
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Some doubts about the license

Post by marcussacana »

Hi, I'm considering in buy a license but I have some doubts about it...
  • The buy page says "we reserve the right to disable any specific registration key in future versions on extraordinary circumstances."
    Do these circumstances refer to license violations by the user, or could they also include possible future changes in the licensing model, such as switching to a subscription system?
  • Can the license be activated on multiple machines?
    (I have two PCs, one running Windows and the other dualboot with Windows/Linux)
Woodstock
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Re: Some doubts about the license

Post by Woodstock »

Regarding the second point, I can say that Mike has allowed you to apply the license on whatever machines YOU own. That's linked in the information message at the top of this forum.

As for the first point, I cannot say that anyone "normal" has ever been hit with that, so I cannot say one way or another. I do know that there was a company pirating the software, and the keys they used were disabled, but not individuals.
MannyDanny
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Re: Some doubts about the license

Post by MannyDanny »

Woodstock wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 5:44 pmthe keys they used were disabled
This is not true. The chinese people never used any key, nor did they "patch" the license-helper tool, they just renamed it. So no keys have been used and therefore also no keys have been banned/disabled.

Banning keys currently is not possible in any of the tools.