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Well the cache issue was still haunting Open License 0.945. We finally figured out why it was occurring and we believe it is now corrected. At this point there is only one method to hack Web and WinForm licensing. A design is needed to protect for this and will be worked on another release. This release also corrects a small bug with changing dates on the system. Finally the other major change is to force all internal Dates to use US English so OL will work on platforms with other language settings (Thanks Frank for the tip). To see the full list of fixes please check the release notes. If bugs or question arise please visit our forums (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/release_notes.aspx) and bug tracking (http://www.spextreme.com/bugtracking/) areas.

We added support on SP extreme to support bug and feature tracking for Open License. This allows users to post bugs and features when they are found. It also allows you to better see what we are currently working on and what issues have been resolved. We think this functionality will be very beneficial to the project. You can access it at http://www.spextreme.com/bugtracking/

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. We have a present for everyone. Open License 0.942 was released today and adds some pretty cool features. Open License now support Container Constraints which allow bitwise (and/or) operations on constraints. There are some other major changes to this release. So why the small version number increase then? That is due to a serious issue which has been found with web based licensing. OL will not support web base licensing at the current moment because the cache support is failing. We are working this issue but havent been able to find the bug (pesky thing). However with this issue we didnt want to hold up the release. Check out the release notes (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/release_notes.aspx) for a full list of changes. As always if anyone has any issues/concerns to report please post them in our forum (http://www.spextreme.com/forum/Default.aspx?g=topics&f=13). The latest version can be downloaded from the Open License site (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/). Thanks again for your support.

Today we released a new version of Open License, 0.94. This release solves a few security holes that were found in version 0.92 and 0.93. The license now protects against date changes on the system after a license expires (i.e. Beta Constraint). The other fix prevents a user from replacing an expired license with the original (i.e. Usage Constraint). Other advances in this load include improved license encryption, Validation Key added to protect non-encrypted licenses and many fixes to Open License Builder. Please read through the Release Notes (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/release_notes.aspx) to find out the specific changes. Another very important thing to note is that the license file format changed, so old licenses will not work and must be regenerated. If anyone has any issues/concerns to report please post it in our forum (http://www.spextreme.com/forum/Default.aspx?g=topics&f=13). The latest version can be downloaded from the Open License site (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/). Thanks again for your support.

Open License version 0.93 was released today offering many bug fixes. As we work closer to version 1.0 we are focusing on making Open License stable, and attempting to remove any possible methods for users to hack the license. Recently, we were informed about some possible security holes which we are now planning for the next release. To see the most recent fixes check the release notes (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/release_notes.aspx). As always feel free to post a message in our discussion forum (http://www.spextreme.com/forum/Default.aspx?g=topics&f=13). You can download the latest version from the Open License web site (http://www.spextreme.com/osp/open_license/). Thanks again for your support.