Based on the discussion, the conclusion is there is NO ABSOLUTE SOLUTION to protect your code It is more an issue of "investment" to crack a software and how much resources it takes to protect your software.
Then Application Protection is NOT a technical issue, but rather a legal issue. Is it correct? Intersting and surprising Regards Bn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Malone Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:48 AM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Application copy protection --- Todd Walk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing you should not do is make the "demo" and "release" > versions the same, with just needing a code to activate it. > > If you do this, then someone can crack your program the > same day. If the demo and release are different, then > at least one person has to pay up. So, your motivation for writing and selling software is to get just 1 person to pay for it? Your unit price must be very high! (Smiley face omitted, because it won't help if you don't already see this as humorous.) Maybe I'm just too lazy to create a separate "demo" and "release" version of my programs, but I figure there isn't much difference between having my software cracked the same day its released and having it cracked a few days or a week later. As Aaron's experience demonstrates, you can only slow down the crackers a little. The factors that make the most difference in whether or not people buy your software are 1) the quality of the software, and 2) the quality of the people who are interested in obtaining your software. Criminally minded people will perform criminal acts no matter what you do to protect your software. (Unless your software somehow changes the way they think, in which case it would make excellent shareware.) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 2002/9/9 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 2002/9/9 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
