I have been working on implementing licensing in my app for some time now and finally have it working. I wanted to share some of the things I found helpful for getting started and some problems and solutions that I found with everyone. The android dev tutorial I have linked below is ok, but it … Read more
The Maven Project Info Reports Plugin can be used to generate a Project Dependencies report that lists all dependencies and also groups them by licenses. The project-info-reports:dependencies goal can be used to generate an individual report but it should be used as a Maven report and is actually provided by default (see Configuring Reports) when … Read more
I’m puzzled. I looked at the link, read the description, and this is a fine utility. But, are you saying you simply can’t rewrite this function to spec? The spec seems quite clear, Here: /* This code is public domain — Will Hartung 4/9/09 */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> size_t getline(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE … Read more
This issue comes up repeatedly on the cocoa-dev mailing list and the consensus answer is always do the simplest thing possible. Determined hackers will break all but the most over-engineered solution. And they’re unlikely to pay for the software anyways. Go for the 80/20 solution: the easy solution that gets 80% effect for 20% effort. … Read more
You can also just execute $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager –licenses Or for Windows execute %ANDROID_HOME%/tools/bin/sdkmanager –licenses — OR — C:\Users{your-username}\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\bin\sdkmanager –licenses (credit for windows command to @puneet-kumar)
The #1 law of software licensing: You don’t control your software once you allow it to be installed on a computer you don’t control. If you want to keep control over your code, you need to make it a web service and give the end user just a thin client that interfaces to that web … Read more
There are many, many, many protections available. The key is: Assessing your target audience, and what they’re willing to put up with Understanding your audience’s desire to play with no pay Assessing the amount someone is willing to put forth to break your protection Applying just enough protection to prevent most people from avoiding payment, … Read more
“Is there a good way to handle this problem?” No. Nothing can be protected against reverse engineering. Even the firmware on DVD machines has been reverse engineered and the AACS Encryption key exposed. And that’s in spite of the DMCA making that a criminal offense. Since no technical method can stop your customers from reading … Read more