|>> Months ago Lattice did put on WEB a 6 months use Software!  You send
|>> your Winchester ID - Volume, and they send the password for operate
|>> it!  Includes ABEL, Synary, etc!

|  Totally useless arrangement for experimenters of course (and I would
|think, many developers), may not even get around to using it within the
|six months.

>From what I've heard, there's no particular problem getting the
code renewed every six months as needed, though I'd certainly not
want to have anything important tied to something that relied on
another company's continuing good will.

On the other hand, I suspect that the real purpose of the 6-month
thingie is to keep an ongoing estimate of how many people are using
their software vs buying their chips.  If someone keeps mailing every
6 months to beg for a new passcode, odds are they're still using the
software. :-)