>I spent some time reading up on licensing a while back, and basically
>what the writer said was that giving out crippled software which could
>be enabled via a registration code was considerably less effective than
>not giving a full version to anyone who had not paid.
>
>Has anyone tried both? Is the logistics of sending out the full
>version just so much work that it isn't worth it?
That is part of it, it also has ramifications for devices that can beam. In
my opinion you WANT people to beam your app around. And one nice way to do
that is to make it so that a beamed copy is considered a demo. If you only
have demo/paid for versions of the app, then someone that paid for the app
is either going to beam that to other people (bad - the other people won't
pay) or not be able to beam it (presuming you set copy protect bit) - also
bad, as you want the free word of mouth advertising.
Brian
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