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It actualy doesn't finish there. The installer is taking a fingerprint of the current system hardware and generating an installation key which must be accompanied with a unlock / activation key provided by the support people. This key works for this hardware / installation id only. The key is stored inside the encrypted source code - which is done by the same encrypted source code... It's working 100% without problem. I've done some tests... it is practicaly very difficult for someone to copy the code - "just like that". Glad that I heard your reply makes me feel good.
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Re^3: using source filter with mod_perl scripts
by wazoox (Prior) on Jun 06, 2006 at 16:02 UTC
    Well, kudos for the challenge, but all this encryption stuff was probably quite a lot of work, and I don't think it will bring your company any additional customer... So it's probably actually a net loss from a business point-of-view :)
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      Well, at the end of the day we will deal with other companies, and not personals... which will probably be the difference... We'll see. At present I have 30 restaurants using the system... and because of the value behind I am sure somebody will try to copy it.
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        "... and because of the value behind I am sure somebody will try to copy it."

        So what? Will they also offer customer support and training? You code is sufficiently complex enough that i doubt it can be used without some major level of customization. If you want protection -- seek legal advice, license your code. For every lock there exists a key, and no matter how hard you make the lock to unpick, somebody will crack it. What they can't do is offer the same support for your clients that you probably already have.

        jeffa

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      Well... time will show... :)
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