About Copy protection

[Prashant B Lavate]

i have made setup of my project but i want to add copy protection like no body will able to copy cd or it will be installed only once like that so how can i do this?

Thanks & Regards, Prashant B. Lavate Software Engineer Mobile : +919423872257 Pune(India)

[Ashfield]

Well, not by cross posting. You need to look at licencing.

Bob Ashfield Consultants Ltd

[Paul Conrad]

Don't cross post as it is considered rude. You did get some good replies in your other post. Do take a look at the discussion dan neely and I are having, there are some good clues in there :)

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[Wendelius]

Ashfield wrote:

You need to look at licencing.

Just for conversation: Have you ever used a technique where you store part of your code at the server (which you own) and the client gets it at runtime in order to work (never stores it). So basically the installation is just part of the program, rest will come from the server if you're authenticated and licensed.

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[Ashfield]

No, although its sounds and interesting way of doing it. To be honest, for over 95% of my work the client gets the source code too, so I rarely have to worry about licencing.

Bob Ashfield Consultants Ltd

[Wendelius]

Yeah, I also think it's an interesting idea. Worth trying if you need to protect the source (and the executable also).

Ashfield wrote:

over 95% of my work the client gets the source code too

After the payment I hope :)

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