Licensing Question (hypothetical)

[DarseZ]

Would the plugin still function if it can't connect to Cherry Audio? What would happen to our ability to use the plugin if Cherry Audio should ever close up shop?

[sincostan]

Good question.

[cherryaudio Greg]

Hi,

We don't have any plans to close up shop, but if the ship started sinking for whatever reason, we'd flip the switch so everything would stay activated.

Greg

[sincostan]

That sounds very assuring.

I don't expect that Cherry Audio will go out of business anytime. But when you think about to invest long-term in a system these questions start to matter and can become a deciding factor.

I plan to use VM a long time and want to get proficient with it. It's an important factor for me to know that you can use the tools a very long time in any case.

Spectrasonics is saying that they have an emergency plan and that all registered users would get a way for continued authorizations in the worst case in their Copy Protection FAQs. Without this I wouldn't had invest in their great but expensive software.

[silden]

Spectrasonics is saying that they have an emergency plan and that all registered users would get a way for continued authorizations in the worst case in their Copy Protection FAQs. Without this I wouldn't had invest in their great but expensive software.

I'd Like to see this in a CA FAQ too. It's a question I've asked (indirectly maybe) about VM a few times.
@ Greg - thanks for clarifying CAs position on this - maybe you could pass on the suggestion for a more formal statement. - Thanks