There have been a few questions regarding the new license system in place for Gossamer Links, specifically regarding the issue of maintaining two Gossamer Links installations - one live installation, and one private installation used only for testing.
We have, and will continue to, permit a "testing" installation to be used for holders of a Gossamer Links license. Over the next couple days, we'll be adding functionality to the License download area (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/licensed/) to allow the input of a "testing path". This functionality will allow you to enter a second, valid admin path for your license with the understanding that this second installation may only be used for testing purposes. This does not mean that you are permitted to run multiple live installations from a single registration number - each live, public installation still requires a distinct registration number. Our objective is to allow you to keep a second installation for your own testing purposes with which you can test upgrades, plugins, new templates, etc. before making the same changes to your live installation.
Regarding admin path resetting functionality that many have observed in the licensed download area, we haven't yet enabled limits on the number of resets that are permitted, but we do intend to in the near future. We have not yet decided upon a limit for the number of resets that will be permitted - but of course we will have the ability to reallocate more on a case-by-case basis. We realise that there are legitimate reasons for an admin path changing - such as moving an installation on a server, or from one server to another - and do not want to make it prohibitively difficult to do so.
Though unfortunate, as mentioned in our 3.0.0 announcement post, these measures have proven themselves necessary due to abuse of our license policy.
Gossamer Threads Development Team
We have, and will continue to, permit a "testing" installation to be used for holders of a Gossamer Links license. Over the next couple days, we'll be adding functionality to the License download area (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/licensed/) to allow the input of a "testing path". This functionality will allow you to enter a second, valid admin path for your license with the understanding that this second installation may only be used for testing purposes. This does not mean that you are permitted to run multiple live installations from a single registration number - each live, public installation still requires a distinct registration number. Our objective is to allow you to keep a second installation for your own testing purposes with which you can test upgrades, plugins, new templates, etc. before making the same changes to your live installation.
Regarding admin path resetting functionality that many have observed in the licensed download area, we haven't yet enabled limits on the number of resets that are permitted, but we do intend to in the near future. We have not yet decided upon a limit for the number of resets that will be permitted - but of course we will have the ability to reallocate more on a case-by-case basis. We realise that there are legitimate reasons for an admin path changing - such as moving an installation on a server, or from one server to another - and do not want to make it prohibitively difficult to do so.
Though unfortunate, as mentioned in our 3.0.0 announcement post, these measures have proven themselves necessary due to abuse of our license policy.
Gossamer Threads Development Team
Gossamer Links 3.0.0 license clarifications
