All,

  I've been asked to look at commercial product license
management solutions that are compatible with Eclipse.
I'm hoping that I can get some recommendations and
suggestions on the matter from folks who have looked
at this already.

  Short term, I've been asked to look for a product
that will allow us to enforce runtime licensing for
our Eclipse plugins - ideally, one that we can deploy/
use without having to make code changes or rebuild.
I think this is technically impossible without altering
the stock Eclipse runtime environment; do I understand
this correctly?

  Long term, we need a solution that will allow us to
do node-locked and floating license management.  We're
probably going to go with a commercial solution; right
now, the two main contenders are:

  EasyLicenser (ezlm) <http://www.agilis-sw.com>
  Flex (flexlm) <http://www.macrovision.com>

  So, my questions:

  0) Is there a non-intrusive method (no code recompile
     required) for adding runtime license enforcement to
     Eclipse plugins?

  1) Aside from ezlm and flexlm, are there other license
     management solutions I've overlooked?

  2) Any anecdotal information about using ezlm/flexlm
     with Eclipse-based products?  With Java projects in
     general?

  TIA for your comments!

-Samrobb
-TimeSys Corporation