The text for the file is available to you at any time, without needing to contact support - you can access it whenever you like simply by logging into your account and looking up your order. But even in the latter, there is still much room for error, as the integration of a 3rd-party system can be quite error-prone, and as the system, itself being quite complex, will still be subject to various modes of failure, whether due to bugs, or just to the vagaries of dealing with networks on customer sites, and the like.įor these reasons, the Bella license is implemented as a simple text file. And when that is the case, they may either naively implement something from scratch, or they may pay to license a system from one of the big names in that sector.

The fact is: most software vendors are not expert at designing licensing systems - we certainly don't pretend to be. We also dislike subscriptions, which in addition to having those deficiencies already mentioned above, constantly occupy mental real estate to no good end, and generally require constant or periodic connection to validation servers, and so forth. We've been bitten by these types of systems enough times, ourselves. We are against draconian licensing systems, which can be so difficult to configure and administer, and which so often fail at the worst possible moment - and usually in favor of the vendor, rather than the customer, who is considered guilty until proven innocent. We believe that customers should not be made to pay the price for securing our product from unauthorized use.

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