On Hardware-based Software Licensing Key

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SecuTech Solutions Inc. is a company specializing in software license management business systems focusing on the international market with their class leading UniKey product range. Having an extensive and in-depth range of experience within the Software Management Licensing market, SecuTech has drawn upon this experience to utilize today's cutting-edge technologies to introduce a COMPLETE and affordable solution for today's software vendor markets worldwide.

Software license is that the software publisher grants a license to use one or more copies of software, but that ownership
of those copies remains with the software publisher. One consequence of this feature of proprietary software licenses is
that virtually all rights regarding the software are reserved by the software publisher. Only a very limited set of
well-defined rights are conceded to the end-user.
Software License Types
Individual licenses
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Individual (Single-user): This license type allows the software to be used on only one computer which is not
accessed by other users over a network. The other users are not allowed to use software while connected to
your computer. Types of individual licenses are.
Perpetual license: allows the customer to install and use the software indefinitely without any limitation.
Subscription license: Allows the user to use the software for a specific time period. At the end of the term the
user has several options: (1) renew the subscription; or (2) purchase a perpetual license at a discounted cost;
or (3) remove the software from the computer.
Trial license: Allows software venders to release the software for a period time like a month as marketing tool.
The end user can only use this software for only one month.
Evaluation license: This license allows the expensive software to be evaluated with certain period.
Demo license: This license allows end users to demonstrate the software with partial function or certain period.
Feature based license: This license allows end users to use partial function of the software to save money than
to use the whole package.
Time limited rental license: This allows the end user to pay per time. The end user pre-pay a period of time that
fits their needs. The end user can also renew before the license expired.
Concurrent Use: This license type requires the end users purchase licenses for the maximum number of people
who will be running the software simultaneously. However, end users can usually install the software on more
computers than.
Server (Network): Licensed per server – This license type requires that you have a single copy of the software
residing on the file server
Per Seat (Machine): Licensed per machine/seat – This license requires that you purchase a license for each
client computer and/or device where access to services is needed. This license is typically used in conjunction
with a network license.
Network/Multi-user licenses
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SecuTech Solutions Inc. is a company specializing in software license management business systems focusing on the international market with
their class leading UniKey product range. Having an extensive and in-depth range of experience within the Software Management Licensing
market, SecuTech has drawn upon this experience to utilize today's cutting-edge technologies to introduce a COMPLETE and affordable solution
for today's software vendor markets worldwide.
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Add-on’s to Existing Or New Licenses
Upgrade: This license is acquired when a user has a previously acquired software license and would like to move up
to a newer version.
Student use:This allows students to use the software as long as they are students of the institutions. Students are
required to uninstall software upon leaving the University.
Secondary use: Allows the licensed end user to use the software on a second computer.
Work-at-home rights: Allows Facult/Staff to use software at home. This is effective for as long as the primary work
computer is licensed and as long as the person is an employee. Termination of employment also terminates this
benefit.
Home use: Similar to Work-at-home rights
How hardware based software license key works?
In order to improve the relationships between vendors and customers as well as grow revenue, software pricing and licensing
policies are made more flexible. Hardware keys are made to feature secure software licensing options and offers multiple
licensing molds locked into the hardware key to supply flexible licensing protection. Such as HASP from Aladdin, Sentinel from
Safenet, UniKey from SecuTech.
Hardware key or software protection dongle is the hardware-based protection and licensing management tool. It is a USB key
with memory that protects software against piracy and illegal use by allowing access and execution of the protected software only
when the key is connected to the computer.
The hardware keys provide licensing method with envelope-base automatic implementation and API-based automatic
implementation.
The only thing that would make hardware key better for software license management is if there were an industry-standard way
to store multiple software licenses on one physical dongle (and transfer them securely if need be). Public computers could have
those software installed on them at no cost to the business providing the computer, but they would only work when someone
presented a valid license via their dongle. And the end user would never have to think about moving the licenses to a new
computer or losing valuable software when they dispose of the old one.