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by 23andwalnut 4326 days ago
The app is distributed as a single zip, but the installer requires a license key. Updates are distributed through the duetapp website, which also requires a license key before the update is delivered.
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Nice! But is it secure? As the customer already have the source code, what stops him to change the license code? I mean, if the source code is available, I can install it by myself without using the installer.
I know a lot of PHP projects that do this use IONcube loader and mcrypt. So you get the source but it's encrypted.