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Implementing New Licenses

May 15, 2014 • Henry
license update

About a week ago I experimented with two other license options, one that allows you to use the current version without updates and one for lifetime updates. After the setup, all seemed to be working fine until a user contacted me saying he could not activate the license, and then a second user contacted me with the same issue. Ouch — that is what happens when you do not thoroughly test your licensing system. I took for granted that since my first license was working the rest will work too. That proved to be wrong. The lesson: never take anything for granted in web development and always test every new implementation on your test site before making it live.

That being said, I am still working on the bug that is causing the activation issue and hopefully will get it resolved in the next few weeks. At the end of the day, there will be 3 licenses available:

  • Current version license — no updates included
  • Regular license — comes with one year of updates
  • Lifetime license — updates forever (or at least as long as I exist!)

The license will be issued based on set contribution amounts which will look something like $8, $12, $18.

Thank you for stopping by and for your interest in MusicZen. Enjoy the rest of your day.