Re: Preventing Software Piracy ???

Peter Olcott wrote:


If a system can be devised that is uncrackable (like rockey6 may be) this is moot.

If they have physical access to the hardware it is crackable by means other than brute force.


life of the product?

However long graphical user interfaces are the norm, in other words very long.

There should be significant resistance to copy protection because the product is likely to die prematurely. Dongles might be slightly better than keys in the code, but they are still relying on your company staying in business and interested in the product, neither of which is common in the real world.
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