"Godfrey Nolan" <info@riis.com> wrote in message
news:2071db06.0308131116.14449fdd@posting.google.com...
> We're looking for beta testers for our free online .Net software
> watermarking tool called That's My Code which you can find at
> http://www.riis.com/tools.
>
> We offer this as an alternative to .Net code obfuscation as a way of
> not protecting your code but of being able to prove that someone stole
> your code by embedding a copyright notice into your code. If you suspect
> that someone has stolen your code at some later stage you can recover the
> watermarked copyright notice and prove that the code was originally yours.
>
> You can add a copyright notice to your code by following these simple
steps.
>
> 1. Enter your alphanumeric copyright notice into the That's My Code
webpage.
> 2. Cut and paste the watermarked dummy method 'EventLog' into your code.
> 3. Call the dummy method from inside your program.
> 4. Compile your code to complete the watermarking process.
>
> If you suspect your code has been decompiled you can upload the suspected
> executable and recover the original copyright notice or watermark on
> the That's My Code webpage at http://www.riis.com/tools.
>
> If you're looking for a simple way to call the dummy method then the
> following works for us.
>
> bool debug = false;
> long myTime = System.DateTime.Now.Ticks;
> if (myTime == 2003) {
> EventLog(debug);
> }
>
> Note that it only works for C# at the moment. We're still working on it
> and we'll hopefully be adding a VB.Net version in the next few days.
>
> All comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Godfrey Nolan
> info@riis.com

"Godfrey Nolan" <info@riis.com> wrote in message
news:2071db06.0308131116.14449fdd@posting.google.com...
> We're looking for beta testers for our free online .Net software
> watermarking tool called That's My Code which you can find at
> http://www.riis.com/tools.
>
> We offer this as an alternative to .Net code obfuscation as a way of
> not protecting your code but of being able to prove that someone stole
> your code by embedding a copyright notice into your code. If you suspect
> that someone has stolen your code at some later stage you can recover the
> watermarked copyright notice and prove that the code was originally yours.
>
> You can add a copyright notice to your code by following these simple
steps.
>
> 1. Enter your alphanumeric copyright notice into the That's My Code
webpage.
> 2. Cut and paste the watermarked dummy method 'EventLog' into your code.
> 3. Call the dummy method from inside your program.
> 4. Compile your code to complete the watermarking process.
>
> If you suspect your code has been decompiled you can upload the suspected
> executable and recover the original copyright notice or watermark on
> the That's My Code webpage at http://www.riis.com/tools.
>
> If you're looking for a simple way to call the dummy method then the
> following works for us.
>
> bool debug = false;
> long myTime = System.DateTime.Now.Ticks;
> if (myTime == 2003) {
> EventLog(debug);
> }
>
> Note that it only works for C# at the moment. We're still working on it
> and we'll hopefully be adding a VB.Net version in the next few days.
>
> All comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Godfrey Nolan
> info@riis.com

> All the thief has to do is remove the suspicious EventLog function and the
> "watermark" is gone. I would not glorify this with the name "watermark".