[mdlug] CAD vs CAE (for linux)

[Jeff Hanson]

On 7/9/07, Ingles, Raymond <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:
>  Don't the CAD programs have a long history of 'anti-piracy' measures and
> such? Dongles, codes, and license servers, oh my! Enforcing such measures it
> a lot harder when the end user can muck with the actual operating system. It
> might be paranoia on the part of the CAD companies.

FLEXlm (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLEXlm) is commonly used with
CAE/CAD/CAM tools.  It supports most OSes
(www.macrovision.com/support/by_category/FLEXlm_specs.shtml).  There
are plenty of cracks for it also.