Licence Protector 5

Licence Protector 5 offers a media independent protection - the media itself like CD / DVD, download link or USB flash drive is not modified or protected. The copy protection does not prevent, that you can copy the data from CD to the hard disk but it prevents that the application can be started on multiple machines.

 

The advantage of a software copy protection is:

 

•media independent - distribute the application via CD / DVD, download, USB flash drive or other media where you can store files

•the application can run without a CD / DVD inserted

•you can produce even one single CD - no need to have 1000 CDs duplicated at once

•no problems with the CD / DVD drives or operating systems because no physical modification (like modification of the CD) is done

 

The additional step, which is necessary, is to transfer the hardware IDs. With Online activation, this step is automated. With activation by e-mail, fax or phone this is a manual process.

 

This feature prevents the application, that it can be run on different machines. It binds the license file to a hardware specific item.

 

The user can not move the application from computer A to computer B because the hardware identifiers that are used for  Copy Protection will be different on another machine - Copy protection does not prevent the copy process but starting the application on non licensed machines.

 

The place, where the license file is stored is used to determine the hardware information of the machine.

 

•If the license file is stored on a local machine, then the hardware of the local machine is used

•If the license file is stored on a server, then the server hardware  is retrieved through the network protocol (Volume ID, MAC Address, Hostname). When starting the application on a local machine within a network, Licence Protector 5 retrieves the server hardware even if the application is running on the local machine

•If the license file is stored on a NAS drive (Network attached storage), then the hardware of the NAS is used (Volume ID, MAC Address, Hostname). When starting the application on a local machine within a network, Licence Protector 5 retrieves the NAS hardware even if the application is running on the local machine

•If the license file is on a USB flash drive, then the hardware ID of the USB flash drive is used

 

Copy Protection can be used as an option. You can create a license without Copy Protection by just sending out an Unlock Key without Copy Protection (manual product activation) or special configuration settings for the online activation.

 

You can also use your own hardware IDs - see chapter Use own hardware IDs