Simple copy protection done right :)

resonant

@d-healey Outstanding! Thank you!

orange

@Christoph-Hart I am trying to check the serial input on 2 different serial lists. There are two serial lists;

Bundle serials (stores and checks the file in "../Individual_RegistrationInfo.js" )
Individual serials (stores and checks the file in "../Bundle_RegistrationInfo.js" )

It works on bundle serial list checking but not works on Individual serial list :( What is the thing that I missed?

namespace Authorisation
{
    const var SerialInput = Content.getComponent("SerialInput");
    const var Description = Content.getComponent("Description");
    const var SerialStateLabel = Content.getComponent("SerialStateLabel");
    const var AuthorisationDialogue = Content.getComponent("AuthorisationDialogue");

    
    
    inline function onSubmitButtonControl(component, value)
    {
      if(!value) 
            return;
    
        local v = SerialInput.getValue();
        Console.print(v);
	
// Checks if it's in the Individual Serial sList
        if(Individual_serials.Data.contains(v))
        {
            Console.print("Serial number found");
        
            local data = 
            {
                "Serial": v
            };
        
// Saves as Individual_RegistrationInfo.js 
            Engine.dumpAsJSON(data, "../Individual_RegistrationInfo.js");
            
            setValidLicense(true);
        }
        
  
 // Checks if it's in the Bundle Serial sList
    if(Bundle_serials.Data.contains(v))
        {
            Console.print("Serial number found");
        
            local data = 
            {
                "Serial": v
            };

 // Saves as Bundle_RegistrationInfo.js 
            Engine.dumpAsJSON(data, "../Bundle_RegistrationInfo.js");
            
            setValidLicense(true);
        }      

        
        else
        {
            Console.print("Invalid serial number");
            Description.set("text", "INVALID KEY THAT DOES NOT MATCH WITH YOUR LICENSE");
            
            setValidLicense(false);
        }
    };

    Content.getComponent("SubmitButton").setControlCallback(onSubmitButtonControl);



    inline function setValidLicense(isValid)
    {
            
        if(isValid)
        {
            // My action
        }
        else
        {
            // My action
        }
    }

    inline function checkOnLoad()
    {
        SerialInput.set("text", "");
        
// Load the serial from the stored files

        local pData_Individual = Engine.loadFromJSON("../Individual_RegistrationInfo.js");
        local pData_Bundle = Engine.loadFromJSON("../Bundle_RegistrationInfo.js");
        
        Console.print("Checking serial");
    
// Individual serials
        if(pData_Individual)    
        {
            local v = pData_Individual.Serial;
            Console.print("Restored serial: " + v);
        
           if(Individual_serials.Data.contains(v))
            {
                setValidLicense(true);
                return;
            }
    }

// Bundle serials    
      if(pData_Bundle)    
        {
            local v = pData_Bundle.Serial;
            Console.print("Restored serial: " + v);
        
           if(Bundle_serials.Data.contains(v))
            {
                setValidLicense(true);
                return;
            }      
    }

      setValidLicense(false);
  }    
    
// Call this on startup
    checkOnLoad();

}

Christoph Hart

Basics:

if(x)
{
    // Will be executed if x is true
}
if(y)
{
   // will be executed if y is true
}
else
{
   // will be executed if y is false 
   // no matter what x is
}

Solution:

else if(y)

Protipp: y is Bundle_serials.Data.contains(v) :)

Jay

@staiff I already did it

Dan Korneff

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Dan Korneff

Have you guys seen https://soraco.co/ ? It appears to be $900 (one time fee) for 1 cross platform license server. Have you guys seen anything more cost effective?
@Christoph-Hart Could this be implemented with a HISE product?

d.healey

@dustbro said in Simple copy protection done right :):

Have you guys seen https://soraco.co/ ? It appears to be $900 (one time fee) for 1 cross platform license server. Have you guys seen anything more cost effective?
@Christoph-Hart Could this be implemented with a HISE product?

Only works with Windows by the looks of it and not compatible with the GNU GPL.

Edit: oh actually is says Mac and Android too, but at the bottom of the page it only has Windows compatibility labels... no GNU/Linux support either. Also, how would this be any better than the server/client license (not the simple copy protection discussed in this thread) Christoph already provides?

Dan Korneff

@d-healey This would be for closed source projects.

@d-healey said in Simple copy protection done right :):

how would this be any better than the server/client license Christoph already provides?

This would give you the ability to offer Trial licenses, as well as subscriptions.

d.healey

@dustbro said in Simple copy protection done right :):

@d-healey This would be for closed source projects.

Oh definitely, but HISE is licensed under the GNU GPL, so Christoph would have to either provide two binaries and sets of source code, one with the proprietary code and one without, or offer a way for individual developers to link HISE to Soraco themselves - assuming Soraco allows you to connect to their system in a way that is GNU GPL compatible.

Christoph Hart

To be honest I have no interest embedding other copy protection services. There is the GPL way, the simple solution sketched up here and an inhouse solution for more advanced copy protection so there are plenty of options available.

I embedded TurboActivate in a product a few years ago and it was absolute nightmare so I vowed to myself to never do this again ;)

Dan Korneff

@d-healey said in Simple copy protection done right :):

but HISE is licensed under the GNU GPL

Honestly, I don't know the intricacies of the licenses. :) I just assumed that you pay a fee for a commercial version of HISE, and you do what you want with it.

@Christoph-Hart said in Simple copy protection done right :):

I have no interest embedding other copy protection services

Fair enough! It looks like I'll be investigating your inhouse solution shortly.

d.healey

@dustbro said in Simple copy protection done right :):

Honestly, I don't know the intricacies of the licenses. :) I just assumed that you pay a fee for a commercial version of HISE, and you do what you want with it.

You can't mix proprietary software with any software licensed under the GNU GPL, it has to be 100% free. But you can link to proprietary software as long as it's independent.

The HISE commercial license doesn't mean you are suddenly able to release commercial plugins - you already have that freedom with the GNU GPL - it's called a commercial license because you have to pay for it. And what it grants you is the freedom to restrict your users (isn't that nice :p )

LeeC

Hey @orange,

Just trying to compile this 'Simple Copy Protection' code using Hise 2.1.0

When I click 'compile' the console returns the following:

Component with name SerialInput wasn't found
Component with name Description wasn't found
Component with name SerialStateLabel wasn't found
Component with name AuthorisationDialogue wasn't found
Component with name GlobalMute wasn't found

Do I need to create these components or are they inbuilt somehow?

I've place Serial.js in the 'Script' folder as instructed.

Any help, examples or code snippets from anyone would be golden.

Thanks

Dan Korneff

@LeeC said in Simple copy protection done right :):

Do I need to create these components

Yeah, you gotta make these items.
There is a demo project available to use as reference.

https://github.com/christophhart/hise_tutorial

LeeC

@dustbro Thanks just seen the Github project.
Makes sense

LeeC

Mmmmm

So I downloaded the 'SimpleCopyProtection' demo from Github and tried to load the project folder using Hise 2.1.0

The following interface message is returned in the console:

Interface:| onControl could not be parsed!

Any thoughts why that might be?

For the record, other demo projects such as the 'ParametriqEQ' and the 'DynamicsFx' load fine.

Thanks

LeeC

All sorted now.

BWSounds

simple question out of curiosity (im trying to figure out a simple way to do this)... for the ppl using serial code activation, how are you sending our the code? manually via email or.....

orange

@BWSounds If your website is wordpress based, you can use License Manager plugin. You need to upload serial list and the plugin will send serial number automatically.

Dan Korneff

Im using license manager as well for my WOO site

Simple copy protection done right :)

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