RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection"

But the point is we aren't talking about a HACKER. we are talking about some cheapskate corporate suit who probably doesn't know how to turn his computer on. Most companies have an IT department; but most network admins aren't programmers (some can) and if they had programmers, they wouldn't need to hire you. If they did hire you why not pay you to write the code instead of paying their people to go through the hassle of reverse engineering it. Robert W. Collins II Webmaster New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Phone : (504) 248-3826 Email : rcollins@norta.com -----Original Message----- From: Jason Soza [mailto:solja@gci.net] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:12 PM To: Collins, Robert Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" For what it's worth, it's been my experience that people that have the freetime to hack other people's work find pleasure in hacking other people's work, regardless of the time and talent it takes. If they had the motivation to write their own programs, they'd have a good programming job. Maybe they do anyway, but as it is, they find a hobby in 'exposing security flaws' in other's programs. Jason Soza ----- Original Message ----- From: "Collins, Robert" <RCollins@NORTA.COM> Date: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:06 pm Subject: RE: [PHP] Genus who came up with "Self Destruct Code" & "Copy Pro tection" > This thread was started to discuss how a contract programmer can > protecthimself from getting ripped of by an dishonest person or > company not every > little hacker in the world. > > <SNIP> > It only takes one person with some free time to break your protection > scheme, and then the cat's out of the bag. > </SNIP> > > If they had the talent or the free time they would have programmed it > themselves because most of the time it takes longer to backwards > engineer a > program than it does to write it from scratch. > > Robert W. Collins II > Webmaster > New Orleans Regional Transit Authority > Phone : (504) 248-3826 > Email : rcollins@norta.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >