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Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:

> The only reliable way to prevent a customer from reverse-engineering
> your software is to not give them the software.  

Not really. You just need to make it so difficult that it is not worth the
effort. In that case they will go away and do something else instead. At
least if the threat is other companies out to make money. Dropbox is an
example.

Sturla