Jacque- Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 9:11:08 AM, you wrote:
> I think so too. Or even just make the program slightly annoying during > launch. Graphic Converter does that and its author has been supporting > himself for years with it, it's hugely popular. It isn't limited in any > way. He just inserts a 10 second wait after every launch before the > program becomes useable. Like most people, I used the free version for a > couple of years until the ten seconds got so annoying I paid up. I've > been paying for updates ever since. I go the annoying route as well. I don't want to release crippled versions of software because you can't get a good sense of what a program does if it doesn't do it properly. I hate it when people do that. I also don't want to bother with time-limited releases, because they're not foolproof and I'd waste more time coming up with some complex scheme for it and some idiot would come along and break it in thirty seconds. So I have a randomizer routine that comes into play every <random> launches, disables the program until the next launch, and presents a nag screen urging the user to purchase a license and stop the annoyance. The randomizer function is in a protected substack that also contains key functions without which the program won't work. That prevents getting around the randomizer function by stepping past the code or removing the substack. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
