[gdal-dev] using encrypted data

[Russell McOrmond]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Yilmaz Arslanoglu wrote:

> Hi all;
>
> One of our customer wants to share their data which is in ESRI Shapefile 
> format. However, they also would like to limit the usage of this data 
> such that the contents will be utilized only through our software, and 
> not for any other purposes.

   My recommendation is to accomplish this through contractual measures 
protected by law rather than technical measures.  Attempts to substitute 
technology rather than clarify legal relationships tend to fail and cause 
more problems than they are worth.

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