How To Stop Copying?

[juststeven]

Hello,

How can I stop people from copying my script?

Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

What exactly is your script? I assume your just making it easy for people to do it, although there is things you can do via .htaccess to deny entry to files.

 

[Luke]

Do you mean people copying your script in the view source?

 

[D]

encrypt the code

 

[InfiniteJest]

Don't post it to the internet.

 

[juststeven]

Well I'm designing a paid mybb plugin so I need to know how stop people copy and pasting the code or downloading the code and give it to everyone.

 

[D]

you can encrypt the code and require users to enter a license key before installation like when you install vbulletin.

 

[juststeven]

Hmm how do you encrypt the code and how can I go about setting up license keys?

 

[D]

http://www.phplicengine.com/ or phpaudit and ionob are some good ones.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Well what is your plugin, if it is PHP or JS code then you can put in a .htaccess to block a users entry to file;

<Files "*.php">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

<Files "*.js">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

Etc etc...

 

[juststeven]

What if they delete the .htacess file?

@ShadyX Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

People cannot delete the .htaccess file if your the one hosting the script and file. To be honest if you want people to use your plugin then there is nothing to stop them copying.

 

[juststeven]

Well they have to download and upload it and well if it's true that you can't stop people copying then explain all the millions of copy safe scripts out there.

 

[Zawazuki]

Nothing's "safe" on the internet. Even if you install some sort of encryption, someone can always break through it.

 

[Pvcomputers]

Well what is your plugin, if it is PHP or JS code then you can put in a .htaccess to block a users entry to file;

<Files "*.php">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

<Files "*.js">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

Etc etc...

Bad idea. I found major issues when try to block certain things. ajax don't go so well with some .htacces parameters

 

[Carson]

Your best option would be to set up a license and encrypt the files, as mentioned above. If someone copies your code without a license, you can simply take legal action.

 

[Phiu Viet]

What is www.phplicengine.com ? Is it the most safe way to encrypt my *.php ?
I can't access to it because of the blocking ips from Vietnam....