17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing unit being configured to determine the watermarking mechanism comprises the processing unit being configured to determine the watermarking mechanism based on an authorized distribution amount of a software associated with the programming code.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing unit being configured to determine the watermarking mechanism comprises the processing unit being configured to determine the watermarking mechanism based on an authorized distribution amount of a software associated with the programming code. 18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the authorized distribution amount of the software associated with the programming code corresponds to a binary bit pattern size associated with encoding the watermarking mechanism.