On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:16:31AM -0600, Paul Erickson wrote:

| It sounds like you need to use something that is both compiled and not=20
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No such thing exists.  Actually
    cat </dev/random > the_app.exe
will provide such a thing, but obviously it won't solve the customer's
problem <0.5 wink> .

| This eliminates Java, Python, PHP, Perl, ruby.  It probably also
| eliminates .Net - you could ship just the intermediate language
| stuff, but then they could see and possibly modify that.
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| In my world, that leaves you with C and C++, which aren't real great for=
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| web development, because of development time and potential core dumps.

Someone with determination can still disassemble the resultant binary.

| Sounds like a tough position to be in.

It sounds like a social solution is needed for this social problem.
Have your company's lawyers develop a suitable license/contract that
provides ways for you to determine whether or not the customer has
stolen your product and provides a means for prosecuting.

-D

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The light of the righteous shines brightly,
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