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A license key is a type of software protection and can take many forms. In some form or fashion they grant permission to an application to execute.

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What is the simplest license key generator I can develop myself in 1 day?

This is just to keep honest customer honest.
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When is LICENSED_OLD_KEY returned from server?

The documentation for application licensing describes LICENSED_OLD_KEY as meaning: The application is licensed to the user, but there is an updated application version available that is signed with a different key. On the other hand, the…
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Generating license keys for my python app

this is my first time ever making full python app with tkinter and wanting to distribute it. I've been searching the net, but I cant quite figure out how to make a license key for my application, as in I want a unique key I give to certain people…
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License scheme, spoof-safe and revoke capabilities

this is my first question so please be gentle... I am working on a software which I would like to protect using some kind of licensing scheme. A basic scheme would be to generate some "unique" key for a user. The user sends this key and a…
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Generate reasonable length license key with asymmetric encryption?

I've been looking at this all day. I probably should have walked away from it hours ago; I might be missing something obvious at this point. Short version: Is there a way to generate and boil down an asymmetrically encrypted hash to a reasonable…
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Subscription based licensing your software - Offline validation

I am trying to create a subscription based licensing system, where if you buy a software for 1 year 1 user, you can use it only for a year in the machine you used to activate the software, after which you will have to renew your license key. This is…
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Protect wordpress theme with license key validation

I'm planning to develop some professional Wordpress Themes and would like to protect it using license keys, is it possible? If so, would any one be willing to link to some posts or articles to help me get started?
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How to solve FlyWay license problem in Spring Boot Application

My Spring Boot application which uses FlyWay enterprise license does not start and says the following message: Caused by: org.flywaydb.core.api.FlywayException: Missing license key. Ensure flyway.licenseKey is set to a valid Flyway license key…
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Matlab Compiler: protecting re-distribution of software during installation

I'm considering using Matlab Compiler to distribute software for a price. I'm investigating (very) simple methods to discourage re-distribution without annoying users. Any recommendations? One thought is to email a user a license key and have them…
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How to create a license key as a downloadable, and check for it on Android

I'm sure this is fairly basic, but I don't know quite what to search on to get a concise tutorial. I want to create an app and make it downloadable on the Android Market for free. Then, I want to create one or more apps which are just license keys…
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How to manage licensing to enable features for a web application?

I will be selling a new product that will be managed by a web application on my own servers. The web application will allow to manage some devices. I would like to limit the amount of managable devices to the number of licenses bought by the…
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Generate machine-specific key for Mac

On Windows, we generate a PC-specific unique key used to tie a license to a PC. It's a C++ app using wxWidgets, which is theoretically cross-platform compatible but not been maintained on the Mac side. We use some Win32-specific code for generating…
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PHP license key generator

I'm looking for a way to generate license keys by a PHP script and then transfer its to my application (Air, AS3), and in this application to read the data correctly. For example, here is the code:
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Secure software licensing with Python

I am looking to sell some software that I have written in Python. My interface allows the user to submit their license key and save it locally. The program revolves around one button in the interface which runs the program. My idea was to create a…
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Hybris 30 days license expired

Im running my developer Hybris instance and I got a message the my license has expired. Acoording to the wiki it saids I have to reinitialize database to continue my work *** LICENSE VERIFICATION HAS FAILED! ***…
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