What is Software Licensing?
Software licenses typically provide users with the right to one or more copies of the software without violating copyrights. The license also defines the responsibilities of the parties entering into the license agreement and may impose restrictions on how the software can be used. Software licensing terms and conditions usually include the usages of the software, warranties and disclaimers and protections if the software or its use infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.
About Rhino Licensing –
Rhino Licensing uses Public-key cryptography, also known as asymmetric cryptography, it’s a class of cryptographic algorithms which requires two separate keys, one of which is secret (or private) and one of which is public. Although different, the two parts of this key pair are mathematically linked. The public key is used to encrypt plaintext or to verify a digital signature; whereas the private key is used to decrypt cipher text or to create a digital signature. The term “asymmetric” stems from the use of different keys to perform these opposite functions, each the inverse of the other – as contrasted with conventional (“symmetric”) cryptography which relies on the same key to perform both. You encrypt a value using the one key, and it can only be decrypted using the other key. In the case of license key generation, we store our private key on the server, and distribute the public key with our application. When the user receives a license key, the application is able to verify that it came from us by using the public key. If someone tampers with the license key it will be invalid and the software will no longer execute.
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