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<p>Sorry for my rudeness, but I do not believe copy protection, or any form of immoral Digital Restriction Management is able to be a solution to count products.
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<br>On Fri May 6 11:39:54 2016 Zheng Bao <<a href="mailto:fishbaoz@hotmail.com">fishbaoz@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> I don't protect my source. I gave the source to customers. I just want
<br>> to protect binary. Customer doesnt know how to build.
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<br>> In a business, customer dont tell the correct production amount as what
<br>> is wrote in the contract. It is not my fault.
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<br>> > From: <a href="mailto:persmule@gmail.com">persmule@gmail.com</a>
<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:fishbaoz@hotmail.com">fishbaoz@hotmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">coreboot@coreboot.org</a>
<br>> > Subject: Re: [coreboot] How to protect binary in flash chip? OTP?
<br>> > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:41:44 +0800
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<br>> > Don't you feel ashamed to ask coreboot, a free firmware project, for
<br>> > copy protection techiques?
<br>> >
<br>> > On Fri May 6 08:45:51 2016 Zheng Bao
<br>> > <<a href="mailto:fishbaoz@hotmail.com">fishbaoz@hotmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:fishbaoz@hotmail.com">mailto:fishbaoz@hotmail.com</a>>> wrote:
<br>> > > Hi, All,
<br>> > > Is there any way to protect the binary image in flash chip from
<br>> > > being copied? Once the customers gets the image, they can produce
<br>> > > millions of board and do not tell me. I just want to know the
<br>> > > amount of the mass production.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > OTP seems to be a way, but it is not 100%. The data in OTP is
<br>> > > readable and can be copied to a new chip's OTP erea.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Do you guys have any more suggestion?
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Zheng
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<br>> > > --
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<br>> > > <a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">coreboot@coreboot.org</a><<a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org</a>>
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