Uh…
Many years ago I owned and operated a mid sized commercial studio using ProTools and Samplitude. Place was contracted for 5 days to cut basic tracks for a group’s major label master session, with a producer/engineer who preferred to work in Cubase…OK with me.
We downloaded it, used his dongle he brought from LA…as well as his plug in ilok key…yes, he had backups to each. Who process took about 90 min download and install. I was so impressed I purchased a 2d hand PC from a friend that featured a licensed copy of C4, used it for about 5 yrs.
The dongle/license key/whatever just ain’t that big a deal. Now, TDM, AAX, and that sort of propriety silliness is.