True License as a Java license key manager

Summary: Using True License as a Java license key manager.

I'm currently working on a plan to release four small software applications this year, and I'm going to try my hand at licensing them as shareware applications, written in Java. After digging around for a "Java license manager", I finally found a free, open source product named "True License" that I like, and I'm giving it a try.

True License is both a Java license key generator and a license key validator, meaning that you can use it on your server to create license keys, and then use it again in your Java application (presumably a Java GUI application) to install and verify the license that you generate. (I wrote a little about True License earlier as a free Java license key generator.)

There's much more to be written about True License as a Java license manager, but for now I'll just say that I'm happy with it, and I look forward to releasing some Java-based shareware soon.

Using True License as a Java license manager - Update

A little while later ... I've finally gotten around to releasing my True License client and server code. You can find it in these two articles:

• Part 1 - My True License Java server code
• Part 2 - My True License Java client code

If you need a Java software license manager for your software applications, True License is a good, open source solution, and with these two articles, you should be able to implement True License easier than ever before.