Some CD-key questions.

[Bluebird]

thejeff said:
What does the legalese say? Does the license actually allow multiple installs?

No, the license does not. If you take the license text by the word (it is not too long, just read it), you are not allowed to install the software onto multiple machines, even if you are roaming youself between them or running a TCP/IP Client/Server setup. You are breaking the law.

Burnsaber did not asked about legal advise, but about what the integrated DRM prevents you from doing (which is not the same). Here, the DRM is as always a little mysterious, but AFAIK it prevents multiple players with the same key to participate from different machines in a single game. Also, I assume that Illwinter can deactivate keys that are obviously misused (like keys that show up on P2P networks).

[Gandalf Parker]

That is interesting.
I have specifically asked about it. Mostly in relation to the host and whether I had to have a seperate copy if I host on another machine. I was told by the devs that it was ok. But then, the license was probably written by Shrapnel. And maybe not even by them.

[thejeff]

Thanks.

That's what I expected and wanted to bring up, but I don't have the game here so I wasn't sure.

I am somewhat curious now how it detects different machines in a single game. Can't be IP address, since that often changes. Mac Address?
(This may be veering into the area they'd rather we not talk about. It's just idle curiosity on my part, so if I should drop it I will.)

[Gandalf Parker]

Yes I understand curiosity.
But I am afraid that we do not go into the particulars other than answering situations where someone feels it has caused them a problem that they do not deserve.