You have several alternatives depending on your preferences, programming skills and time. Some of the more popular alternatives are as follows:

• You can have a free demo version of your software available online, generate pre-built license keys and distribute them one by one to those persons who have purchased a full version of your application. This process can be completely automated, e.g. via e-junkie, and it may be best suitable for low-cost applications.

• You can sell your product online directly and require the user who purchased the software to submit a license request to an e-mail account of your choice. Taurus automatically populates this email with encrypted information on the user’s identity and computer, and you can copy and paste it directly to a key generator, which outputs a license key for the user.

The hēurēka of Taurus is that you can sell and license your application or algorithm like any other software – whether it is stand-alone or not. If you have created an efficient algorithm for fingerprint recognition, you can sell licenses to security control equipment manufacturers. If you have an efficient algorithm for pricing exotic options, you can sell licenses to hedge funds and so on. The alternatives are endless.