This is about as secure as loading a text file that says "licensed=true". Anyone can easily proxy the server DNS call, put up their own server, etc. A client

This is about as secure as loading a text file that says "licensed=true". Anyone can easily proxy the server DNS call, put up their own server, etc. A client app connecting to a public facing database server with no authentication is a huge security risk, aside from anything this whole library is doing.