Why are serial numbers limited to five activations?
This is an anti-piracy measure. The preliminary installation period allows time to sort out the initial Manifold installation before the first activation is used. After that, four additional activations will allow users to re-install should Manifold ever need to be re-installed in the future. Five activations are plenty to allow users to deal with changing system configurations for a single license, but they are not so many that people can afford to be careless with them or to give them away to enable piracy. After time, additional keys might be available for use over very long periods of time. See the Additional Activation Keys page for details.
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