Protecting your Rev apps

kee nethery kee at kagi.com
Fri Dec 17 19:11:30 EST 2004


Some of the more successful software Kagi sells has some of the lamest 
protection mechanisms. The successful software authors focus on getting 
people to to use their software, not on getting people to not use their 
software.

Just my 2 cents,
Kee Nethery


On Dec 17, 2004, at 2:51 PM, Cubist at aol.com wrote:

>    IMAO, improving your app's features/interface/etc is a far better 
> use of your time and effort than working out elaborate copy-protection 
> schemes that (a) won't work anyway and (b) will piss off your 
> legitimate users. The question is, do you want to focus your efforts 
> on the people who are willing to pay you if your app does what they 
> want, or on the people who will (in all probability) *never* pay you 
> no matter *what* you do?
>    Yes, software piracy is annoying. And yes, it would be a Good Thing 
> if nobody pirated software. So what? Lots of annoying things happen, 
> and software piracy is one of them. Deal with it.
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