I was going to make my software refuse to run 15% of the time due to bad licensing and then catch some smart hackers just due to statistic misfortune.
I was going to call the system the "Schrodingers Quantum Copy Protection Lock System" patent it and win billions from holywood and RIAA! On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Josh Mellicker <j...@dvcreators.net> wrote: > We use "phone home" authorization that uses machine-specific info. In case > of a user with two computers, a hard drive crash, etc., we let people > authorize additional computers with their email address and password so they > always have access to what they've purchased. > > We "police" our database in case someone gives out their info, we can "pull > the plug" on any pirated installs. > > Works great, in tens of thousands of customers, only encountered a tiny > handful who were not connected to the Internet. In these cases we can do a > "manual registration". > > Cheers, > > Josh > > > On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > > Tiemo Hollmann wrote: >> >>> In the first years our software was - in your intention - completely >>> free of copy protection, later we implemented a copy protection on some >>> programs, which were running off the CD. >>> >>> We made the experience, that nobody ever thanked us the ease of use and >>> lack >>> of licensing. Just the opposite. Just because our target market is so >>> small >>> and lots of people know each other, our software was copied, given away >>> without control. >>> >> >> "Completely free of copy protection" is very different from the >> industry-standard per-user license keys I described, and not something I >> would advocate for any commercial product. >> >> In markets where piracy is an unusually serious consideration, >> server-based activation can provide reasonable control over license key >> redistribution. If smartly implemented with grace periods, "phone home" >> activation should pose no inconvenience to the end-user. >> >> But most successful products don't even do that, they merely use >> pre-generated keys. Per-user license keys have made Adobe, Microsoft, >> Apple, and most other software vendors quite profitable. >> >> Not having any protection at all is, IMO, only appropriate for free >> products. The early years of the computer industry's "shareware" >> experiments proved that convincingly. The difference between "free demo" >> and "full version" need not be onerous to the user, but there must be some >> incentive to motivate the user to put in the additional effort to fill out >> an order form. >> >> This is one reason why having PayPal as a payment option is so valuable: >> it reduces the payment process to just a single password field and one >> click. >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World >> Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com >> Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com >> revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution