[Sparkle] time trial feature?

[David Dunham]

On 21 Jan 2008, at 14:43, William Zumwalt wrote:

> Although, that seems like a feature that is so simple, useful, and  
> Sparkle
> would be the perfect place to locate something like that. I've got  
> this in
> my app, but I'm finding that encoding the dates so they can't be  
> modified in
> the binaries ... well, there's more to it than I previously thought  
> cause
> things can be cracked so easily.


I'm with Andy that this isn't really a Sparkle feature.

Other than that one might want to start a trial period over when a new  
version comes out (hmm, that's how I should have implemented mine!).

As for implementing the limited trial period, for most software I  
wouldn't sweat it that much. How much is your time worth trying to  
make it crack-proof, vs the actual number of cracks most programs get?

And if you're really that concerned, you probably don't want to use  
the same well-known system that hundreds of other apps use!

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