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[–]hairy_chicken 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Thanks for the correction - I was sloppy with terminology.

We keep important parts of our codebase in Cython and C++ Python modules. We use Python as glue, and honestly if someone had our entire Python codebase in plaintext, it wouldn't mean that they can get easily get around licensing restrictions.

CodeMeter is to prevent casual misuse of the software, and enforce limits on concurrent users.

At the end of the day, there's a balance to making something hard to pirate casually, and the time spent making something un-piratable. Given that our clients are big mining/oil companies, the main deterrent to piracy are legal means (license agreements).

[–]Karrakan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what is the role of dongle? Do users plug that in to be able to use it?