[wp-hackers] Premium plugin protection

[Mike Schinkel]

On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Ken (WraithKenny) wrote:
> Just in case you wanted a customer point of view. The business that
> sell these plugins do so from a server that requires an API key, but
> that's more along the lines of Locks on doors keep honest people
> honest. Their terms (which we found important) are for the easy
> auto-updates (and also receiving code "from the source") ...

So the API key give you updates from the server, or something else?
Also, is there a reason you didn't name the plugins?

Just curious, on both accounts.

-Mike