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Subject: Re: protecting MatLab code from being pirated?
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:57:20 +0000 (UTC)
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stpatryck <stpatryck@gmail.com> wrote in message <0925d8cc-0669-4057-9ce0-04ccf1b627a4@d21g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>...
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm supposed to write a portfolio optimization Monte Carlo simulation
> for some foreign mutual fund company on an advisory basis.  They have
> MatLab and want me to ship my code to them so they can run it over
> there.  I'm wondering how I can code some kind of protection for my
> MatLab programs so they don't just take it and cut me out of the
> picture.
> 
> Is there a way to make the code unusable if they try to modify it?  Or
> some way I can put in some code so they can only run my progams until
> a certain expiration date?
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

This has been discussed, e.g search the thread "Licensing your deployed GUIs" in this newsgroup.

Supply it as p-code (pcode) might a possibility

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