I've written an indicator that I would like to try and sell.
But how do you stop (or at least reduce) people from buying it and then giving it away or posting it on a forum?
One method would be
1. Every download of the indicator would have a unique hash
2. As part of the installation process the MAC address (or another value to identify the computer) is stored on my server against the unique key
3. Every time the indicator runs it would check on my server to make sure the MAC address matches the hash
But I'm not sure of the practicalities of doing HTTP requests in MQL.
Thanks in advance for an advice.
Paul
But how do you stop (or at least reduce) people from buying it and then giving it away or posting it on a forum?
One method would be
1. Every download of the indicator would have a unique hash
2. As part of the installation process the MAC address (or another value to identify the computer) is stored on my server against the unique key
3. Every time the indicator runs it would check on my server to make sure the MAC address matches the hash
But I'm not sure of the practicalities of doing HTTP requests in MQL.
Thanks in advance for an advice.
Paul