From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2004-12-28T03:36:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyScript2Exe 0.3.0

Hello Shashank,

SD> Hi Erik,

SD> Erik Veenstra wrote:

>> RubyScript2Exe 0.3.0 is out!
>> 
>> * Added compression: Some applications are less then half the
>>   size.

SD> Absoultely smashing !

>> * Fixed the broken call to ResHacker.

SD> Great !

>> * Fixed a bug concerning --eee-list in combination with rubyw:
>>   Programs with a * DOS box and programs without a DOS box are
>>   two totally different things, for Windows. You can't do a
>>   "writeln" to the console if there is no console. You would
>>   expected Windows to handle these things, but it simply
>>   dies...

SD> Thanks a lot for fixing this ...

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

If you do a groups.google search in this newsgroup with my name and
"hacking" you should find an old topic (~6/9 month) where i presented
a 10 lines ruby.exe hack that i wrote in a few minutes that killed all
discussed ways to encrpyt and protect a ruby program.

At the moment it is simply not possible (in an easy way and with the
current ruby license).


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