On the bright side, your application is popular enough for someone to take the time to crack it. :)
I'm in the camp of those who think that once you've gotten to the point where the pirates need to find a cracked version of the app, then you've won. It's impossible to make a uncrackable app, just look at how much time and effort Microsoft puts into that. Every update you do will annoy those pirates because they can't upgrade until someone has cracked the new version. And honestly... a lot of those people wouldn't pay anyway. Your post doesn't make it perfectly clear though, was it a keygen you found, or a cracked version of your app? Richard Fillion e: [email protected] p: 204.291.5800 On Feb 27, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Jon Steinmetz wrote: > It looks like it happened last year but I have not noticed until now. I am > not surprised as I new I had traded security for license key size so I have > no one to blame but myself. The question is, should I do anything about it? > As I see it I have two choices: > > I can do nothing. A binary crack is pretty much unavoidable so I am not > worried too much about that. The keygen is potentially the worst that can > happen but given the nature of my product, Ringer > http://pixelresearchlabs.com/ringer, most of the customers are normal > consumers and not necessarily super computer savvy (of course, savvy enough > to buy shareware). I had to jump through enough hoops from these warez sites > to download and run it that I would think it is not that much of a dent in my > meager sales, of course I have no way to track it. > > I can change my license scheme to AquaticPrime. I think with enough work I > can make it fairly seamless to transition legitimate customers and eventually > cut off older pirate copies. I am thinking I could just have the app upgrade > an older license automatically in the BG or maybe ask. New licenses would be > the new scheme. At some point in the future a new major version would require > the new license and direct customers to upgrade their licenses. But this is > work that could be spent on more productive things. > > Who else has had to deal with this issue and what did you decide? I am > curious about who else uses AP and does anyone know of any really well known > indie products that use it? If I had to change my license scheme to a > stronger key I am thinking that just moving to AP would be the easiest and > most secure (given the well precautions). > > Thanks. And please email me if you would like a complimentary license to > Ringer, assuming you do not want a cracked one. :) > > ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
