How to protect a hack again null?

[Goodman_2020]

hi
I'd like to create a paying hack for vbulletin. But i ask myself question about how to prevent nulled version of my hack.

Once i created my hack, i'll give the possibility to buy it, with or without copyright. What are the solutions for me to check if one or an other person use a legal version of my hack...imean going on a website, i see they use my hack and i'm not sure they bought it, how can i check?

is there a way to include a secret code inside the hack that makes that when i'll will go to check on a websiteif it is nulled or no, i can see it?

thx

[Opserty]

Since you will be able to see the source code you can't really put anything meaningful in place. You just have to do what vB does and keep a record of domain names using your product and then if you find one that doesn't contact the site webmaster to ask to remove it or something.

You could encode the source with something like Zend Encoder or whatever it is called but I don't know how that will affect the running of the code and its integration with vBulletin.

[Farcaster]

Theoretically, you could have some crucial function of your hack as a web service that you host. That would probably be a deterrent for most, but not all. It probably isn't that practical though, and you'd have to have a nice zippy server to handle the requests.

[Goodman_2020]

thanks, it's a bit Powerless problem.

[WhaLberg]

You could encode the source with something like Zend Encoder or whatever it is called but I don't know how that will affect the running of the code and its integration with vBulletin.
And you can also try Scopbin.