Well shit me! A dose of common sense.
Maybe we could get this guy to referee the forthcoming Ardiri V. Subvert
contest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean L. Gilley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration / etc.
>
>
> As someone who's about to start actually trying to sell a program, rather
> than provide it as freeware, I've followed this discussion with a lot of
> interest.
>
> Two or three years ago I read something on one of the palm newsgroups
> that stuck with me. Someone wrote that the purpose of copy protection
> wasn't to keep people from stealing your program. That is, essentially
> impossible. Anyone with enough knowledge and time can do that. The
> purpose of copy protection is to keep honest users honest. That is,
> don't make it too easy for them to share your program, don't make it
> easy for a non-paying person to use your program, but there's no need
> to make it difficult for the basically honest people, either.
>
> When I decided on how I would handle copy protection in my current
> project, I kept this in mind. Guess I'll see how well it works.
>
> Sean.
>
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