Suppose one were to sell 100 copies of an app to a large
company. They want to activate those 100 codes over time
as they give them out to their employees.
Back at home base, I try to generate a 100 codes to unlock
the app. Up to this point I would have received the
HotSyncID of each user first,
Hal Mueller wrote:
> As long as the handhelds are running on their own, you can't. In the
> scenario you described, there is no way for you to prevent your
> customer from issuing each of those codes multiple times. They could
> buy 100 licenses and use them to run 500 units. Or buy 1 license a
It really depends on how your app is used. If your customers are inclined
to pool their data onto one PC or server, they must maintain unique hotsync
names anyway. If its 100 copies for 100 users on 100 PCs (or Macs), it
becomes nearly impossible without uniquely identifying each hand held.
On t
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To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: RE: batch of reg codes
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Borislav Kolev wrote:
> When you get to the point where those two costs collide you may want to
> rethink your licensing strategy and policy. Isn't it strange that the
> biggest software compan
>biggest software company does not use any "real" protection in their
>products? ;-))
>
>- bobby
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Stephen Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:03 PM
>To: Palm Developer Forum
>Subject: RE:
;.
>
> - bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Stephen Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:03 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: RE: batch of reg codes
>
>
> Suppose one were to sell 100 copies of an app to a large
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"real" protection in their
products? ;-))
- bobby
-Original Message-
From: Stephen Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:03 PM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: RE: batch of reg codes
Suppose one were to sell 100 copies of an app to a large
company
At 2:02 PM -0500 10/30/00, Stephen Bentley wrote:
>How could I calculate 100 codes that will each unlock an app
>for one user only? I just don't get it.
As long as the handhelds are running on their own, you can't. In the
scenario you described, there is no way for you to prevent your
custome
Suppose one were to sell 100 copies of an app to a large
company. They want to activate those 100 codes over time
as they give them out to their employees.
Back at home base, I try to generate a 100 codes to unlock
the app. Up to this point I would have received the
HotSyncID of each user first
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Borislav Kolev wrote:
> It's really simple: since you don't know the hotsync IDs upfront, you can't
> tie the registration codes to them.
>
> Just product a bunch of codes that unlock the product and there you go! Of
> course, any of those will unlock any product out there,
It's really simple: since you don't know the hotsync IDs upfront, you can't
tie the registration codes to them.
Just product a bunch of codes that unlock the product and there you go! Of
course, any of those will unlock any product out there, but that's the price
to pay for willing to generate th
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