On Aug 14, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Wilker wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm thinking about releasing a beta version of my software. Im thinking > about use the same strategy as Reeder for Mac did, betas with fixed time to > expire. > > What you recommendations to make it safer? Im thinking about do an internet > request do get a world clock, and check with this time to see if the > software is expired (and close the software in this case). > > You have any other hints for doing this? Maybe any encryption on code to > make it harder to crack or other things like this?
I would just use the system clock. Most people aren't going to change their clock to run something that's time-limited that has expired, especially if that would interfere with other applications, and the people who will do that probably won't buy the final product anyway. And requiring a network connection to run software that normally doesn't need a network connection, such as your proposal, is a major inconvenience for a lot of people. Restrictive DRM inconveniences people, and really restrictive DRM drives people to piracy if the pirated edition is more convenient to use than the legit version. Nick Zitzmann <http://www.chronosnet.com/> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
