Licensing / Protection Software?

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Published on 2008-09-21T16:00:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 20:38 UTC
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I'm selling software online and would love to know what everyone else is using for licensing and protection. I know Armadillo is popular, as is EXECrypter, but what else is out there?

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