QuickLicense a new software licensing solution
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 11, 2006 at 11:49am
Excel Software has released the QuickLicense system for managing the licensing of Mac OS X and Windows software. QuickLicense is used to configure hacker-proof evaluation, lease or full licenses, then manage each license and customer data.
It offers developers control over how many days or executions are allowed, which computers or users can run the software, the security features that protect it and how the registration process works. The QuickLicense application is used to configure a licensing strategy with data stored in an encrypted ticket file. The data and runtime executable are protected from disassembly by data and logic firewalls. This royalty-free system can be applied to any consumer, business or shareware application developed in any programming language to implement trial editions, software leases, controlled feature editions or full licenses.
QuickLicense offers online activation through a human controlled or automated process, passwords, license reset and controlled usage by specific computers or users. The software can be used to make shrink-wrapped, electronic download or time-leased distribution of software. In addition to configuring the licensing strategy, the QuickLicense application lets users store, organize and locate data from customers collected in the activation proces. Data can be imported or exported to any spreadsheet or database application.
The US$195 standard edition of QuickLicense is designed for time or execution limited trial editions, lease periods or perpetual licenses of commercial or shareware products. It provides password protection of applications and royalty-free distribution of any number of products or licenses. The $499 professional edition has online activation and license reset features. Developers can control activated features in each license and limit access to specific machines or users, plus collect, organize, track and manage customer data without manual data entry.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
