Comments on: Licensing is hard http://www.happyapps.com/blog/2006/04/licensing-is-hard/ design. business. mac love. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:47:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Graham Miln http://www.happyapps.com/blog/2006/04/licensing-is-hard/#comment-448 Graham Miln Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:43:25 +0000 http://www.happyapps.com/blog/?p=89#comment-448 You will need a privacy policy now you handle user information, and a terms of use. Also formalise a refund policy. It is easy at this stage to get carried away with business structures, validation, and trial enforcement. Do the minimum you can get away with and build on it as time allows. There are great debates about 'trial' vs 'shareware' as a label, payment processor comparisons, and responses to hacked licence codes. Ignore them. Keep your focus on producing really kick ass software. Every minute of effort put into the trial specific code is taking away from product improvement, or worse, from your family time. Above all, trust people to do the right thing given just the smallest nudge. Good luck! PS Worth planning a little celebration to mark that first purchase! :-) You will need a privacy policy now you handle user information, and a terms of use. Also formalise a refund policy.

It is easy at this stage to get carried away with business structures, validation, and trial enforcement. Do the minimum you can get away with and build on it as time allows.

There are great debates about ‘trial’ vs ‘shareware’ as a label, payment processor comparisons, and responses to hacked licence codes. Ignore them.

Keep your focus on producing really kick ass software. Every minute of effort put into the trial specific code is taking away from product improvement, or worse, from your family time.

Above all, trust people to do the right thing given just the smallest nudge.

Good luck!

PS
Worth planning a little celebration to mark that first purchase! :-)

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