所以,经过6个月的努力,我终于发布了我的申请。今天我发现第一个下载它的网站被破解了,我想知道你们程序员同事中是否有人知道如何应对这种东西?
有什么软件作者可以做什么来让破解的版本离线,或者我只是骨头,不应该再创建任何软件,而只是在客户的项目上工作?你有什么建议?有人有这方面的经验吗?
编辑:编程是我所做的——所以是否继续没有问题,只是客户为每个项目支付真金,我仍然不知道独立开发是否至少会为所投入的时间付出代价,现在有了破解的下载,我试图评估该做什么,以及是否有办法做出反应
帖子讨论:当我看到这个问题引起了多大的兴趣时,我想说,即使不是纯粹的编程主题,社区也需要说出他们的想法。我想说,对于任何对这个主题感兴趣的程序员来说,这个页面都是一个非常好的读物。
Consider piracy as a business expense that comes with the territory of having a product that can be sold to thousands at near zero product cost. We can't have it all our way.
Just use basic protection to stop customers passing it around. Anything more is not worth the time and expense.
Don't make your paying customers jump through licensing hoops. Often I'll pay for a product, get driven crazy by the licensing scheme and seek out a cracked version.
Make trials not by period but by hours used. It's easy to get diverted and not have a chance to evaluate the software. Most people won't consider to ask for an extension.
Consider if you've pirated music CDs, movies, software etc. yourself and rest in peace knowing it somewhat evens out.
Always have different levels of your product. People don't want to pay big bucks for a product they only use 10% of.
Make the product fantastic. Customers will eagerly await the latest version and not want to wait for a crack to appear. The users of poor products think, "I hate this product, it's full of bugs, but I haven't found anything better yet". That's inviting piracy.
想要移除被破解的版本就像猫捉老鼠的游戏,水下拳击,死马殴打,在流沙中游泳。你可能想尝试使用像Crack Tracker这样的工具,但这仍然是一个非常无用的斗争,恕我直言。
你唯一能指望的是“让诚实的人保持诚实”,并说服一些几乎诚实的人试着诚实一点。无论你想出什么疯狂的保护方案,最终你的保护都会被取消……特别是如果它很有趣的话。黑客们做了一些疯狂的事情,比如在硬件加密狗中实现的RE'd程序功能,并将它们重新添加到软件中…
正如Dana提到的,部分密钥验证是一个非常有趣的想法。再加上“好吧,我放弃”之类的信息(包括一个到你的订单页面的链接,可能还有折扣)可能会产生奇迹……但这一切都取决于你的应用有多专业,以及你的市场是什么样的。
不要认为你可以让“我永远不会付钱”的盗版者付钱,也不要给你的合法客户带来太多不便。