Implementing software licensing in FreeBSD

2005-10-12 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Setting aside opinions on copy protection and licensing, suppose I wanted to implement such a scheme. The key itself might be a network license, or an encrypted file containing license info and system-specific info. But the real issue is how to protect the code that accesses the key. I know

Re: Implementing software licensing in FreeBSD

2005-10-12 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/12/05, Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Setting aside opinions on copy protection and licensing, suppose I wanted to implement such a scheme. The key itself might be a network license, or an encrypted file containing license info and system-specific info. But the real issue

Re: Implementing software licensing in FreeBSD

2005-10-12 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 05:42 am, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: But what techniques could be implemented within a library or archive that would make it difficult for someone to trace the algorithm and/or make changes to the code to remove the protection checks? There is none. The closest