HI Peter, The fact that it is a subscription system is the best protection you have. Use the simplest protection that will tell you if the system has been "pirated" - simple encryption of the company/institution address/details for instance. Don't allow them to change the address/telephone number etc in the program - so they have to "patch" the exe. When you notice this has happened (5 lines of code) set a timer. In 8 Months time you have a screen that comes up at boot time that says "Problem with your program please call before any lasting damage is done" at xxxx-xxx-xxxx". If they don't call in say a month the program stops working with your number on the front screen and How they can get a legal copy".
Sage Payroll used to not protect their payroll, so come April when rates changed, Sage always Got (gets?) a spike in sales - No questions asked as long as the user can transfer his data from the "pirated" version. The people who will buy your program will buy it - the people who will copy your program will copy it anyway - you didn't lose a sale you got free advertising. How do you think microsoft replaced Lotus 123 - they removed protection from Office then gave a £90 upgrade from any version (even non legal version) after a couple of years. Making your program indispensable (without too many barriers) to your paying customers is the best way of building a loyal customer base. Save yourself a lot of time hassle and money and make the subscription/name the protection My 2 pence worth Lagi p.s. If it can be read it can be broken A 5 minute google search and a bit of memory .... You'll be glad to hear no decompilers for Livecode - we are not on the radar. // If you lose your sourcecode in the future ..... http://www.javadecompilers.com/ https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tool-apk-easy-tool-v1-02-windows-gui-t3333960 https://www.yeahhub.com/best-19-tools-used-reverse-engineering-2018-update/ http://www.refox.net/ http://www.iphonehacks.com/2018/05/ios-11-3-1-jailbreak-updates.html http://www.decompiler.net/ https://www.vb-decompiler.org/ https://www.thoughtco.com/decompiling-delphi-1-3-1057974 http://www.dvdsmith.com/remove-sony-arccos-protection.html https://www.roojs.com/blog.php/View/117/Recovering_encoded_php_files.html //Even hardware dongles are not immune https://www.brstudio.com/dongles/deskey-dk2-dk3-dongle-emulator/ http://www.dongleservice.com/dongle-bypass.phtml On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 02:08, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > you want to include some of the advanced capabilities like restricted > trial, > Yes, I do want to use advanced capabilities. > > > Does it just wrap the executable or does it encapsulate the entire > directory? > It can do either. > > I am using pw protection on all stacks, which is is working well. More > important is the license activation and management because it is a > subscription product—there is a single version which has a free, limited > status or a full, paid status—the program needs the capability to shift to > either. Also I need to control the installations of the program. It will be > used in educational institutions, by individuals, sometimes in iffy > locations (China) where I need to minimize piracy. > > Peter > > > > On Jun 14, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Are you saying that you have the standard mode working but you want to > include some of the advanced capabilities like restricted trial, etc? > > > > Does it just wrap the executable or does it encapsulate the entire > directory? I’m assuming you have decided that the password protection of > the stack isn’t sufficient. > > > > Brian > > On Jun 14, 2018, 4:28 PM -0500, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I’m working on a project that we are getting ready to publish as a > desktop application for Mac and Windows. > >> > >> It is content heavy and I'm wanting to protect it, and am using a > product called SoftwareShield/GameShield: > >> > >> http://softwareshield.com <http://softwareshield.com/> > >> http://gameshield.com <http://gameshield.com/> > >> > >> It puts a wrapping around the executable and offers license management > that works well in its basic form. There are more advanced features that I > want to take advantage of that seem to go beyond the capabilities of > LiveCode script and my own personal abilities. It seems that LiveCode can > work with SoftwareShield, but I don’t know where to begin, nor can I > program anything besides LiveCode script. > >> > >> This is an example of where I get lost about figuring out how to > progress: > >> > >> "Because the kernel of SoftwareShield is developed in C++ and the > gsCore exposes flat API in standard way, any language (such as Object-C, > Java, NodeJS, Perl, Python, etc.) that can make api call to Windows DLL or > MacOS dylib can integrated with SoftwareShield SDK.” > >> > >> http://doc.softwareshield.com/PG/index.html#pg_index > >> > >> > >> Here’s docs they provide: > >> > >> http://doc.softwareshield.com/index.html > >> http://doc.softwareshield.com/PG/ui_gs5.html#sdk_js > >> > >> > >> So, I’m looking for someone who can: > >> > >> 1. Guide me through the process > >> 2. Do Javascript or advanced LC programming as needed > >> > >> This is help I need immediately. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Peter Bogdanoff > >> ArtsInteractive > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
