Protecting Code from Piracy

[fgiovanni]

Does anyone have a good method for licensing Tcl/Tk code?

My code is already converted to an executable to prevent others from seeing the source code.

However, how can I prevent my code from being copied?

I thought that locking each copy to a hostname and hostid number would be alright protection. However, there is no way to obtain the hostid (mac address).

Maybe Tcl/Tk has some built in features to make this an easier task?

 

[M1T]

There is a tool(Tcl development kit) which can change the format of your code so that others cannot read it and change it.21 days trial virsion also avilable.
Regards
Kedlaya

 

[CubeE101]

Are you attempting to market a product and force Feedback from the user for activation of the product... Such as an authorization code... to be able to use the product on one machine only? You could get creative and develop a method to generate a unique encrypted code using date, time and other unique variables such as serial numbers, Company Name, User Name, and a random number... then require a second code to be generated by your computer, from the code generated by the user's computer, to activate the program.
By doing this the Activation code could not be duplicated...
To expand on this you could also include a function to reset the code and generate an aditional new code if piracy is attempted through guessing, or cracking.

If nothing else...
It might be something to think about...
-JS