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Re:Show HN: Self-hosted project management application by 23andwalnut on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @02:33PM (#8174328)
The app is distributed as a single zip, but the installer requires a license key. Updates are distributed through the duetapp website, which also requires a license key before the update is delivered.
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Re:Show HN: Self-hosted project management application by michelutti on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @02:50PM (#8174422)
Nice! But is it secure? As the customer already have the source code, what stops him to change the license code? I mean, if the source code is available, I can install it by myself without using the installer.
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Re:Show HN: Self-hosted project management application by johnward on Wednesday August 13, 2014 @03:19PM (#8174561)
I know a lot of PHP projects that do this use IONcube loader and mcrypt. So you get the source but it's encrypted.
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