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From: SaintPatrick <patrickmyu@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: protecting MatLab code from being pirated?
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:04:14 -0700 (PDT)
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Nathan, Per, and Matt,

Thanks for your input.  I didn't know about p-code.  I will research
it.

I appreciate all of your comments.  Very good advice.


Regards,
Patrick


On Sep 16, 3:57 pm, "per isakson" <poi.nos...@bimDOTkthDOT.se> wrote:
> stpatryck<stpatr...@gmail.com> wrote in message <0925d8cc-0669-4057-9ce0-04ccf1b62...@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
>
> / per