What are the common techniques (if any) that people on Palms do to
prevent a user who has paid to download software from simply copying the
software at will?
Any ideas are appreciated.
- Jeff
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Most of the people I know lie in that middle range of piracy ethics
which I call the "hall of fame" mentality.
They use ll programs for free (since they're so easy to just get and
use) and then their top 5 favourites of all time they tend to eventually
buy as a lasting tribute.
But that's on the
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Will Chapman wrote:
> >
> > Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
> > run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
>
> The ROM ID is not guaranteed to be unique.
>
I realise that but it is neverthel
DIAMOND JEFF wrote:
>
> What are the common techniques (if any) that people on Palms do to
> prevent a user who has paid to download software from simply copying the
> software at will?
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
> - Jeff
There have been many discussions about this in the past. You can pro
Will Chapman wrote:
>
> Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
> run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
The ROM ID is not guaranteed to be unique.
[...]
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My 2 cents for this...
Distribute it with a license, don't cripple it in any way other than a
periodic reminder to register, and use either the PUN or Flash ID (or some
other set of info) to create a registration key/unlock key.
This allows your legitimate users to beam the program to someone el
My thoughts:
1) It is a good mental exercise to think about this but is not a big
deal.
2) Anyone who will pirate your s/w would not have purchased it
anyway. So, you are probably not losing anything anyway.
3) If the s/w is worth the effort of the 'warez' person, then it is
probably decent s
> The problem is that not all Palm devices have FLASH thus no ID.
> A nice advantage (and possible a disadvantage at the same time) of using the
> User Id is when I buy a new device, I don't have to re-register my software.
... if you keep the same hotsync user name :))
i give my users the f
t;
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:07 AM
Subject: RE: How to reduce Palm Piracy...
>Is it close enough to being unique that it can be used? Palm user names
are
>not unique either, but they are often used for calculating unlock codes.
>
: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: How to reduce Palm Piracy...
Will Chapman wrote:
>
> Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
> run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
The ROM ID is not guaranteed to be unique.
[...]
--
Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
http://www.directedge.co
Will Chapman wrote:
>
> Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
> run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
The ROM ID is not guaranteed to be unique.
[...]
--
Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
http://www.directedge.com
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> Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
> run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
> send them off to a webpage that calls a small
> encryption routine which encrypts these device
> ID with a key known only to you and produces a
> unique code that they must enter on their device.
Give them demo mode initially. Then when they
run it display the unique ROM ID of their Palm and
send them off to a webpage that calls a small
encryption routine which encrypts these device
ID with a key known only to you and produces a
unique code that they must enter on their device.
Built into
DIAMOND JEFF wrote:
>
> What are the common techniques (if any) that people on Palms do to
> prevent a user who has paid to download software from simply copying the
> software at will?
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
> - Jeff
There have been many discussions about this in the past. You can pro
What are the common techniques (if any) that people on Palms do to
prevent a user who has paid to download software from simply copying the
software at will?
Any ideas are appreciated.
- Jeff
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