How do software companies run out of licenses?

[TxGuitar]

Had an email from a software company I've bought products from, and in it the wrote "buy software X now, we're running out of liscences". It's their own software, why would this happen? It's also not a fery old software that is retiring.

[canuckledragger]

1. They don't. They just choose not to release any more.

Ask your local computer geek for help with licenses...we tend to see them as temporary obstacles.

I see licenses as purposely crippling software that only serves the maker's greed. If I need to evaluate something for myself or someone else, I need full access!

[TxGuitar]

4. Thanks for your reply

The license I was referring to was for a virtual instrument created by a small company, so I'm sure they have to control how they're paid.
I agree that subscription licensing is a bad development overall for us consumers, but that's our world today.

[TheRealNorth]

2. If it's some sort of software that requires an external server.....

It might limit the number of licenses so that their current service is not impacted due to an overload of clients trying to access their server.

Otherwise, I don't know why they would have a limit.

[TxGuitar]

3. That's what I was thinking

I've been an IT guy since the 90s but never on the licensing side of the house so I wasn't sure how it worked. Limitations from an external server makes sense, thanks!