Time-limited licenses are offered by most software vendors, whether for trial licenses to prospective users, or as a subscription license option. However, you have many issues to manage before doing so...
What are the appropriate constraints for your prospects and users: a time limit alone, or perhaps also a usage limit or configuring separate functions? ... Should trial licenses be node-locked? ... For your trial licenses do you want to freely distribute your evaluation package, have an on-demand automated system or is a human approval step required in the fulfillment process? ... What data do you want to capture from your trial users, and how do you make best use of it once obtained? ... Do some or all of your users have an Internet connection or should you assume no network connectivity? ... How do you track expiring subscriptions and initiate renewal? ... Will you want to have the option of revoking licenses?
This webinar covered these and other issues and describes solutions for each scenario.
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