AW: OT: copy protection / licensing for Mac?

[Eric Chatonet]

Bonsoir Tiemo,

Limited trial versions is another subject:
You have two ways: setting a deadline at first opening or allow a  
certain number of launches.
In both cases, you have to store this information.
Even if it is encrypted, the problem comes from the fact that, at  
first launch, you'll check the existence of this deadline (or number  
of launches) in a file and if the user trashes this file (that never  
exists at first launch) he will be able to go on using your software.
Of course, you can store the information in different places but it  
stays a workaround.
Storing it on a web server is heavy and users will not like it: they  
will need to be connected to the Internet (and may be they need not  
it to run your software) and, above all, their firewalls will  
complain :-(
AFAIK there is not, but others might give you another answers, a  
satisfying answer to this problem unless multiplying files in  
different places with 'unknown' names :-)

Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Tiemo Hollmann TB a écrit :

> Bonjour Eric,
> yes I understand the sensibility of the subject and I didn't  
> expected to
> find solutions, but thoughts, as yours.
> Up to now, I handled my copy protection with the absolute minimum  
> of work,
> with taking a copy protection tool on CD, as I said in my first  
> post, but I
> would like to provide features as limited trial versions and  
> protection for
> Mac users too and that's new for me.
> Thanks
> Tiemo	

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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