Hi there,

so far i am rather impressed and i dig the concept and approach MOI is taking. I am a TD and currently
looking into a bunch of apps to teach Nurbsmodelling to some ppl here. So i was wondering if there is
a floating license available. As we currently dont have the need for a lot of licenses but we'd have to switch
them between workstations on a per case basis.

Kind Regards,
Thorsten

Hi Thorston, thanks for your interest in MoI!

Currently there is not a "license server" check-in/check-out type floating license thing for MoI.

I looked into doing that, but it is a fairly complex thing, with different configuration stuff being needed depending on your network setup, firewalls, etc... I determined that currently I just do not have the resources available to handle the additional support burden that would come along with that.

Also currently with MoI's price being so low (US $195), that tends to make it easier for each person to have an individual license, rather than a floating license system.


However, it is possible to run MoI from a USB key - you just copy the installation folder over to the USB key and also copy the license file and you can then plug in the key and you can actually run MoI directly from the USB key that way.

You could make 1 USB key per license and hand those out to people who wanted to use it, that would be sort of like a physical floating license thing... Would that possibly work for what you had in mind?

- Michael

Thanks a lot for the VERY fast reply. Tho it's not ideal (in a company environment with tight
security requirements and generally USB sticks are read-only via security policies).
But it does sound like a workaround. I will evaluate MoI and talk the IT.

Thank you very much again and congrats on a great tool!

Regards,
Thorsten

Hi Thorsten,

> Thank you very much again and congrats on a great tool!

You're welcome, and thanks very much!


Re: USB keys - if the USB keys are not allowed, another similar method would be to burn CD-ROMs, with a different license file on each CD-ROM.

Then similarly you hand out or collect back CD-ROMs as a kind of physical check-in / check-out system...

It may be a bit odd, but it may handle what you need with the floating...

- Michael