Alexandre Kazantsev wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I've been unluckily trying to find out some information about the issue in > archives. The issue is reasonable and reliable copy protection approach or > trick. Our application is to be protected from illegal copying, and I am > looking for a programming method to secure our copyright. Is there an > individual feature stored in the ROM of a particular PDA? My guess is there > should be something to be referenced programmatically for that purpose. > Please give me a direction.
Keep in mind that users also have fair use rights. Too often copy protection becomes copy prevention, much as the "digital rights management" buzzword is often implemented more along the lines of "digital rights denial". What if my PDA crashes (mine did a few weeks ago), and I have to reinstall the app? Will such a system interfere with that perfectly legitimate use? You can set a copyright bit on PRC files, which will prevent casual copying. However, experienced users can disable this bit with various freely available tools. -John -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
