Folks,
This is the latest in Internet sales technology. It's called buying a product but not really owning it; it operates purely at the pleasure of the seller. It's like buying a car and requiring the dealer to start it for you; they have the magic key.
Microsoft, Adobe Photoshop, and a host of other companies now require Internet activation. Some companies allow you to activate the product on different machines, as long as it's a legitimate purchase. Others (for example, Microsoft) may allow only one activation on one machine. Zabaware hasn't declared what it is doing. I think they should.
I once bought a product that I couldn't activate on the Internet. I complained to customer service, and they allowed me to download a full version that required only a serial number to activate it. I don't know if Zabaware allows this sort of option for people who don't have an Internet connection.