From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2008-10-18T01:32:59+09:00
Subject: Re: I found way to protect Source Code! :)

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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:49:16PM +0900, James Dinkel wrote:
>=20
> C can be reverse engineered and java jars can be converted back to=20
> source code.  No program's source is 100% safe.  The suggestion of=20
> selling it as a service and hosting the app on your own servers is as=20
> close as you're going to get.  So don't freak out too much because you=20
> can't get perfect code protection.  It just doesn't exist and yet=20
> millions of people still pay for software.

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=3D363

That might be relevant.  Getting paid is more about your business model
than it is about trying to stifle competition.


>=20
> Personally I do use rubyscript2exe for all my software (used internally=
=20
> around the office).  That is mainly so I don't have to install the=20
> entire ruby interpreter on every computer that uses the applications,=20
> but it also has an added bonus of not making your source code readily=20
> available.  It would be trivial to get to the source for someone that=20
> knows rubyscript2exe, but most people aren't even going to give that a=20
> thought.

Personally, I consider making source code more troublesome to recover a
bug, not a feature.

--=20
Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ]
Larry Wall: "What is the sound of Perl?  Is it not the sound of a wall
that people have stopped banging their heads against?"

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