Heh, no problem! I've done my fair share of thinking I understood what someone said when I didn't. "I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard was not what I meant."
Anyway, moving the licensing to the desktop seems the best approach. But HL on desktop is dead anyway, now that HLO is up and running, so I won't hold my breath waiting (or even hoping) for any progress. The future is PF2e...