I used to think so, but after the hackers failed to crack powersdhc, they started buying it [i monitor the boards, so I heard all the lamentations, and seen all the "i had to buy it too" messages]
If you work enough at it, AND your program is useful enough, even those who would not normally purchase it, will do so anyways. [PowerSDHC keyfile uses public key cryptography, so it's very difficult to keygen] ---- Best Regards, Dmitry Grinberg (847) 226 9295 On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Ben Rittgers <[email protected]> wrote: > My registration is very simple. They e-mail me my hotsync ID and I e-mail > them back their registration key. It is the most easily guessable key in > the work anyway. The way I see it, if they try to find away around > registering it, then they won't pay me anyway. > > I don't give crippleware. If it too much to send me $5.00 to buy a key it > must not be that useful too them. > > My other program, I told them to send money to an organization I support if > they like the program. I just had a checkbox that they checked to say they > donated. If they checked it, I went on the honor system and changed the > About screen to Registered user. > > I would worry on this registration stuff if it would still work on the WebOS > Palm Classic Emulator. > > codemaker wrote: >> >> Hi Everybody >> >> I'm trying to create a registration system for a new software and I would >> like to have your opinions on the following issues. >> >> When you distribute your software to various sites do you provide >> registration mechanism to them? >> At some point when the program checks for registration Key/File it will >> for example set a boolean variable to true. Do you do it other way? >> >> Is it possible to check if my program is modified and prevent it from >> running? >> >> > > -- > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
