https://github.com/evanwalsh/license

A license key generator and validator
https://github.com/evanwalsh/license

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A license key generator and validator

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/evanwalsh/license
• Owner: evanwalsh
• License: mit
• Created: 2009-04-18T19:04:31.000Z (almost 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-03-08T02:03:24.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-21T18:42:20.548Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 85 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.rdoc
  • License: LICENSE

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= License

License is a gem that can generate and validate license keys.  This can powered paid/shareware apps written in Ruby.

== Installation

To install, use these commands:

  gem sources -a http://rubygems.org  # you only need to run this if you're not using the latest RubyGems

  sudo gem install license

  

=== Using with Rails 2.X

To use this in your Rails app, add this to your config/environment.rb:

  Rails::Initializer.run do |config|

      config.gem 'license'

  end

  

=== Using with Rails 3.X

I won't code or test with Rails 3 until it has been officially released.

  

== Usage

For a new license, call the License.new method with the name, email, and product name as the arguments

  @license = License.new("Evan Walsh","[email protected]","License Gem Test")

  

Then, you can generate a key using the generate method

  @license.generate # returns 3F7B-D428-ED3A-3636

  

To check if a key is valid, use the validate method with they key as the argument

  @license.validate("3F7B-D428-ED3A-3636") # returns true

== Notes

Please note that this is not a bulletproof copy-protection solution. It's based on more of an honor system.

== Copyright

Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Evan Walsh. See LICENSE for details.