From: Erik Veenstra <pan@...>
Date: 2004-12-28T02:36:52+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyScript2Exe 0.3.0

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:12:38 -0600, Shashank Date wrote:

> Add now a feature request: you know how we can "hack on
> location". That is just terrific in the pre-release mode when
> I am at my client site and do not have to carry around my
> sources for minor fixes. But now that we are thinking of
> commercializing the product, we do * NOT * want anybody to
> hack on location. Is it possible to create a "release"
> version which cannot be hacked?

"Cannot be hacked" is impossible: Everything can be hacked.
That's what hacking means...

I could optionally block --eee-list and --eee-justextract, but
the code of both EEE and RubyScript2Exe is on the 'Net, so
smart people can "decompile" it anyway.

And if they are not that smart: The running application is
temporarily unpacked to /tmp (or %TEMP%), so you can just copy
that directory before the application terminates.

gegroet,
Erik V.