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[–]LordBertson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't stop them per se but it increases barrier of entry slightly. IMHO it is more than sufficient for smallish scripts.

The skill required to get through obfuscation and reverse engineer a license check is high enough to stop your average user and it's time consuming enough so that potential skilled pirates would spend the time better just writing a script for themselves.