Answers.Body: <p><code>http://staging-subdomain.mysite.com</code> would be considered a dev domain because we look for any of those keywords in the subdomain part of the URL.</p>
  <p><code>http://www-next.mysite.com</code> would be considered a public domain because it does not meet any of the <a href="https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/how-craft-license-enforcement-works#how-do-we-determine-craft-is-running-on-a-public-domain" rel="nofollow noreferrer">criteria</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>On the license enforcement help page, it says there are a number of checks to determine whether or not a domain is public. One of those checks is the following:</p>
  
  <p><em>Does it have a dev-sounding subdomain (e.g. ‘dev’, ‘local’, ‘loc’, ‘test’, ‘testing’, ‘stage’, or ‘staging’)?</em></p>
  
  <p>My question is, is there a sure-fire way of determining whether or not a subdomain is dev-sounding? For instance, what if my subdomain has the string 'staging' (e.g. <a href="http://staging-subdomain.mysite.com" rel="noreferrer">http://staging-subdomain.mysite.com</a>). Or what if it was just an unconventional sounding subdomain (e.g. <a href="http://www-next.mysite.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www-next.mysite.com</a>)?</p>
  
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Title: Craft license: what is considered a "dev-sounding subdomain"?
ThreadText: # Craft license: what is considered a "dev-sounding subdomain"?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-28)
  
  On the license enforcement help page, it says there are a number of checks to determine whether or not a domain is public. One of those checks is the following:
  
  *Does it have a dev-sounding subdomain (e.g. ‘dev’, ‘local’, ‘loc’, ‘test’, ‘testing’, ‘stage’, or ‘staging’)?*
  
  My question is, is there a sure-fire way of determining whether or not a subdomain is dev-sounding? For instance, what if my subdomain has the string 'staging' (e.g. <http://staging-subdomain.mysite.com>). Or what if it was just an unconventional sounding subdomain (e.g. <http://www-next.mysite.com>)?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-10-28. Score: 4
  
  `http://staging-subdomain.mysite.com` would be considered a dev domain because we look for any of those keywords in the subdomain part of the URL.
  
  `http://www-next.mysite.com` would be considered a public domain because it does not meet any of the [criteria](https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/how-craft-license-enforcement-works#how-do-we-determine-craft-is-running-on-a-public-domain).
  
  
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