Pyarmor, guard your python scripts

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On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10:55:19 PM UTC-7, Jondy Zhao wrote:
> On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11:06:25 AM UTC+8, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao at gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > For example, I develop a game by python. What I want to do is that the
> > > player or the agent could not simply copy the game to others. For the
> > > player or the agent, they needn't research the game.
> > 
> > Deciding for the customer what they may not do, on their own computer,
> > is quite hostile. Please don't enable such restrictions.
> > 
> 
> This is only one possible way to distribute encrypted scripts. As I thought the user of Pyarmor would be the producer of commercial software, so they could bind their license file to netcard, harddisk, cpu, etc.
> 
> > -- 
> >  \       "We must find our way to a time when faith, without evidence, |
> >   `\    disgraces anyone who would claim it." --Sam Harris, _The End of |
> > _o__)                                                     Faith_, 2004 |
> > Ben Finney

DRM does not prevent piracy.

End of story.

The only thing DRM does is piss off your legitimate users by forcing them to jump through hoops if they happen to upgrade or replace their computer.