Hi there
Is there any way I could use your licensing to charge a renewable monthly/yearly fee for my software like adobe cloud model?
Thanks
Yes, a number of our customers do that by using custom license fields: http://wyday.com/limelm/help/license-features/
You just use a date/time custom license field (like "subscription_expires") have it set to a month from when the customer purchases, and then when the renewal succeeds, update that value to a month later. Etc., etc.
Let me know if that helps.
So if the computer is offline following activation, would an encrypted value of this custom field be cached locally?
Yes, the custom license fields are cryptographically signed along with the activation data. So they are securely stored on the customer's machine and you never need internet access to read them. This also means that if the customer tried to modify the custom license fields they would no longer be activated because the cryptographic signature wouldn't match the changed data.
Does that make sense?
Thanks Wyatt - yes that does make sense. I will have a play with the demo and get back to you if I have any problems.The only real issue I have at the moment is sharing the license between two applications (using custom fields to indicate which application(s) are licensed) but I guess the answer would be to install them in the same folder therefore sharing the same turbo licensing files - how I would implement that is probably beyond the scope of your support
how I would implement that is probably beyond the scope of your support
Not really. Helping you figure out how to best use our products is part of what we want to make easy. 🙂
The only real issue I have at the moment is sharing the license between two applications (using custom fields to indicate which application(s) are licensed)
The actual license data is stored separately on the system. So, if you integrate TurboActivate into both your apps, then they can both reference the same license data if you want them to.
That is interesting and would be useful. How do I change the path of TurboActivate.dat ? or are you saying I'd have to install the two programs in the same folder?
TurboActivate.dat doesn't actually contain the license information. It does contain information relevant to that specific product version, but you can include that same TurboActivate.dat with 2 separate apps that you want to be activated with the same product key.
So they don't have to be in the same folder.
Does that make sense?
Perfect - yes thank you.
