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Article #16026Re: Program Protection Tips
From: Claire W
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 12:12
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 12:12
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Some tips can be found here http://www.inner-smile.com/nocrack.phtml Some of them are specific to borland products. Many argue that excessive protection puts off those that will actually buy. Those that will copy and steal from you will never buy anyway. Concentrate on those that are essentially honest, but need prompting. BTW, this is better asked in the non-tech group. -- "Enrico B." <eangelo@libero.it> wrote in message news:3edc7ff4@newsgroups.borland.com... > Hi to All! > Does anybody know some smart ways to protect programs from being illegally > used? I know there is now a definitive software solution for such a problem: > I am only looking for tips and suggestions. I am also thinking to somehow > validate my program, for example by verifying the executable file checksum. > Is it a good idea? > Thanks in advance. > Henry > > >
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