From: "|||=[Mathspeedy]=||| |||=[Z3d0clan]=|||" <mathspeedy@...>
Date: 2008-10-21T05:57:53+09:00
Subject: Re: I found way to protect Source Code! :)

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>wrote:

> On 18/10/2008, Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for advices :)
> >
> >  So, as I understood, there are:
> >
> >  - Software as a Service, with owned hosting.
> >  Yes! This is the best one, but sometimes clients wants something
> >  'physically' tangible :).
> >
> >  - JRuby Compiler (http://wiki.jruby.org/wiki/JRuby_Compiler)
> >  It's fully finished and ready to use.
> >
> >  Translates <name>.rb => <name>.class and because it's not one to one
> >  mapping there is an information lost, that can be seen as the
> >  obfuscation.
> >
> >  There is no .class to .rb decompiler, and (though, I'm not sure) these
> >  .class files cannot be decompiled even to .java ones.
>
> It can be decompiled easily, there are decompilers for a long time already.
>
> >
> >  - Zenobfuscate (http://blog.zenspider.com/zenobfuscate/)
> >  Has some limitations.
> >  I've choose Ruby for all it's goodnesses, and don't want to give back
> >  any of it. I'll better leave the product open than will agree to any
> >  limitation.
> >
> >  - rubyencoder (rubyencoder.com)
> >  Somehow they do it, don't know though how.
> >
> >
> >
> >  It seems, that JRuby Compiler is really what i need :).
> >
> >  I just want to rise barrier, to buy time if some company will try to
> >  build a copy-product. For sure they'll can reverse engineer it, but not
> >  so fast as if they will have original sources.
> >  There is no need to protect from hackers & cracks, my product will be
> >  free (but not open).
>
> I would really like to understand the thinking of the 'freeware' authors.
>
> Since the software is free anyway there is no need for competition to
> develop a copy-product. They can have it, and for free.
>
> On the other hand, if they want to improve on the product it is easier
> if it is opensource, and you as the author of the original can have
> the improvement then as well if you choose a license that warrants
> that.
>
> The most annoying part of 'freeware' is when it contains a bug or is
> incompatible with a newer system, and the original author is no longer
> reachable or won't bother to fix the problem.
>
> But since it's your software use whatever feels right for you.
>
> I am free to use the software - or not use it. Or perhaps only to not
> use it if you translate it into java classes, and I am by chance
> sitting at a system for which there is no decent Java runtime.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michal
>
>
you can use rubyscript2exe too (rb2exe) <-- Good compiler (i'm using it) but
you can show the source code by entering the "prog name"
--eee-justextract(to extract) or list(to list the content)...

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