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Re: Registration Code


  • Subject: Re: Registration Code
  • From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 01:34:54 -0600

On Nov 13, 2004, at 1:28 AM, Manfred Schwind wrote:

That's true, although since I suggested encoding the MAC address in the preference file rather than in the code itself, the "breaking" would be minimal since the user could just re-enter his code, which would still work.

Then ... why use this MAC address thing at all?!? "Bad" users just can give away the license code and everyone else can register with the app, regardsless of the MAC address. So you can just drop your MAC encoding thing, it makes no sense anymore if entering the license code is the only validation.


I think developers spend too much time on those "funky registration code hiding things", but it's stolen time. Some people will always give away registration codes to friends. If you app is good and has an adequate price, there will also be many people who will buy it.

So, in my opinion, we developers should spend more time in developing great applications, instead of non-working piracy protection things. ;-)

I'm just trying to answer the guy's question. The original poster wanted a way to prevent users from copying the preference file to transplant the registration code. This would be a way to do it...


Charles

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References: 
 >Registration Code (From: Ken Victor <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: Bob Ippolito <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: Ken Victor <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: "M. Uli Kusterer" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Registration Code (From: Manfred Schwind <email@hidden>)

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