Re: Preventing Software Piracy ???


"David Woolley" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:4a43f8b4$0$516$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Peter Olcott wrote:


I have a patent on this technology. I am going for two or
three patents.

As I understand patents, you have to reveal enough detail
to allow other to implement the invention, which means the
secret part of the algorithm cannot be essential to the
patented invention without revealing enough of its
structure to considerable facilitate reverse engineering
the dongle's critical functions.

Patents are a reward for revealing what would otherwise be
trade secrets.

I also suspect a lot of people here are uneasy with
software patents.



Yes, that just occurred to me in the last few days. Because
of this I may cancel my pending patent and just keep the
current one. The pending patent reveals many more details of
significant development that occurred after the first patent
was filed.

The copy protection that one of my competitors uses is to
sell the license for such an enormous price that he can
afford to spend a few hours getting to know his prospective
customers before releasing any software or users manuals.
The prospective customer must also prove who they really are
before any sale is even considered.


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