RE: Registering and copy protection
> Hi All,
> I now that there is little one can do to totally prevent poeple from
> riping of your software. I figure if it is registered and thier name or
> company name is locked into the software, displayed on the screen and in
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> printouts.
>
> My Question is what ways are there to create registration numbers.
> One apparently easy way is to use the crc file in the archives to create
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> a crc value for the name etc. But if this is a standard crc formula it
> would be easy to crack. Then on the otherhand if somone is going to go
> to this trouble then they will probably crack or patch the file anyway.
> Just wondering what you all think and what methods you use to protect
> your work. And if somone has created a library for this purpose.
>
> Thanks
> Tony Steward
>From what I have seen, for the most part you just dont have to worry
about it. General protection schemes (such as a decent CRC) will
prevent 98% of people from messing with / taking the code, but the sad
fact of the matter is that if a program gets *very* popular on the net,
some one will crack it regardless of the protection you try and
implement. There simply is no protection that can be applied to
software that can protect code from a good hacker if he/she really wants
it.
Depending on how you look at it, its not always a bad thing. Windows
itself (Micro$oft) is mostly pirated software (from individuals). M$
makes all of thier money from companys and corporations that actually do
purchase the liciences for legal reasons (and maintenance).
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