# Make license permanent instead of leased

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-license-permanent-instead-of-leased/46011>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [April 25, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-license-permanent-instead-of-leased/46011 "2021-04-25T14:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-license-permanent-instead-of-leased/46011/8 "2021-04-25T21:11:36Z")

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Hi @jlandwerlen, I believe this conversation is a valid one to have and shouldn’t be shut down so quickly.

Me and @abishur have had the conversation about it in [this](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/makers-edition-remove-popup-asking-to-agree-to-licenses/45989/6) thread where it is acknowledged that this could be easily exploited.

I personally don’t agree with a permanent license as it us too easy to exploit as @pturmel suggested. But I believe there could be other methods that could be utilised for @abishur to get the functionality he requires (even if it means selling the soul of your first born child 😄).

Maker is a free resource that I’m very grateful to IA for releasing so I don’t want to see it get destroyed by malicious individuals. But IA has clearly had a good history of listening to it’s customers, so I believe @abishur viewpoint should be heard. The only caveat to this is that there can’t be the expectation that this will be done because only a couple of individuals desire it.

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