What happens if Wincent stops trading?
When discussing product activation people sometimes ask:
What happens if Wincent stops trading at some point in the future and the activation server goes off-line forever? How can people continue to enjoy the software they’ve licensed if they can’t activate it?
I have no plans to discontinue trading but recognize that this is a frequently voiced concern about product activation, so I make the following undertaking:
In the event that Wincent should stop trading it will do one of the following at its discretion:
- Make available for free download updated versions of all products with the product activation requirements removed. These versions would be freely redistributable.
- Make available special license codes which turn off the product activation requirement. These codes would be freely redistributable.
- Release the source code for the protected applications under an open source license such as the GPL or the BSD license.