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Licensing Question (hypothetical)
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:42 pm
by 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?
Re: Licensing Question (hypothetical)
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:20 pm
by sincostan
Good question.
Re: Licensing Question (hypothetical)
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:48 pm
by 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
Re: Licensing Question (hypothetical)
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:04 pm
by 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.
Re: Licensing Question (hypothetical)
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:21 pm
by silden
sincostan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:04 pm
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