Software protection and licensing solutions that support developers

In the age of digitalization, buying software, subscribing to services and downloading apps has become part of everyday life for millions of users. At the same time, software manufacturers are facing increasingly complex challenges: effectively protecting their applications, facilitating the integration of licenses by third-party providers, securely distributing the software to users, activating licenses on end devices and ensuring a reliable connection to these devices.

The CodeMeter Protection Suite provided by Wibu-Systems is an answer to these challenges. It offers many tools for licensing applications and protecting them from manipulation and piracy. An application is often divided into individual modules and encrypted differently, which then only run with the appropriate valid license. This technology is suitable for applications developed in various programming languages and frameworks, such as .NET, nodeJS, Python and all languages that generate machine code, such as C, C++ and Go.

Fully automated purchase processing

The process for providing apps is straightforward: the protected app and the license manifest are published by the app provider in the Flecs Marketplace. Prices, app description and informative graphics and screenshots are stored. When using the CodeMeter infrastructure integrated into the marketplace, an article is automatically created in the CodeMeter License Central of the marketplace. The Flecs Marketplace ensures fully automated purchase processing. Depending on the license manifest, the Marketplace communicates with the connected CodeMeter License Central, which then generates a license in the form of an activation code. This is delivered to the user together with the app.

After purchase, the app is installed on the device, along with the CodeMeter app and the Software Activation Wizard app. The latter makes it easier to transfer the license to the device using the activation code. The license configuration can also allow the license to be transferred to another device or reactivated in the event of loss. The Software Activation Wizard ensures transparent and automated deployment for license activations or subscription renewals, while CodeMeter ensures license management and prevents misuse such as device cloning.