Selling Python Software

[John J. Lee]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> Erik Max Francis wrote:
[...]
> I think Quicken is one of the few programs I've seen lately which seems
> to remain somewhat intact.  (I'm quite sure I'll hear otherwise now, but
> so far I haven't seen rampant copying.)  The basic technique used there
> is online registration, which I assume decrypts and/or enables certain
> critical portions of the code after server verification of credentials,
> and prevents repeat registrations using the same CD.  Maybe that's a 
> good new baseline for such protection.

In the end, that's just as vulnerable to hacking as anything else to a
determined binary-attacker (which as you point out, do exist for
consumer apps).


John