That's exactly the point though: You can't tell if people pirated Modo either. Your fears seem to be based on big companies buying Modo Indie when they can afford to buy the full Modo, but that's the beauty of Allegorithmic's system: If you buy the indie edition and you don't fit the stipulations (for instance: you earn…
If someone were going to use the Indie version in a full studio and violate the license, I'm pretty sure they could just use the free trial even more easily. Or they could just straight up pirate the full version, and in either case not pay anything.
I hope I am not beating a dead horse here, but that's the part I am genuinely having a hard time understanding. Let's suppose the following : - X number of of users are currently using Modo Indie, with its inherent limitations, for a cheap price. These people are likely not freelancing or doing over 100K. - Y number of…