Licensing - open source - license checking

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1. Is Hesk fully open source? Are there any encoded/encrypted/obfuscated files or code?

2. If you get a license, is there any "license checking" like on a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis, or is it just install the license and that's it? What if the hesk license server is down? Does the helpdesk still work?

3. Is the license encrypted/obfuscated?

4. If the license is obfuscated, what is contained in the license?

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[Klemen]

1. I'd say more than 99% of the code is not encoded. What's encoded is something in hesk_footer.inc.php and admin_main.php files - code that handles licensing.

However, note that HESK is not what people usually refer to "open source". For example, you are allowed to modify HESK, but not to redistribute it, sell it or sell any products that contain HESK code.

2. License only checks that the domain (server name) matches licensed domain. For example if you purchase a license for "yourdomain.com", that license will only work on "yourdomain.com".

It doesn't expire or do any other checks, it doesn't send any data to or depends on any license servers. License can also be used offline/on an intranet.

3./4. Yes and no. You can view license file source code, but it doesn't say much as it only contains a special hash of the licensed domain. For example in the license file you would see something like

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$hesk_settings['license']='1d86cb83dbf149b71c32a1235f0973f92e9dff78';

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Thanks, appreciate the direct answers, will snag license shortly, really like hesk demo