From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2008-10-27T05:41:16+09:00
Subject: Re: I found way to protect Source Code! :)

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On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 09:40:56PM +0900, James Dinkel wrote:
> Ryan Davis wrote:
> > On Oct 25, 2008, at 15:55 , Chad Perrin wrote:
> >=20
> >>> well... to varying levels of difficulty, yes...
> >> time
> >> either.
> >=20
> > You'd be wrong. The effort to refactor IP needing obfuscation and
> > getting it converted and tested/able in its new form took less than 30
> > minutes. After that all conversions are simply part of the rake build
> > process (read: free). The amount of time it'd take to decompile and
> > then discern actual meaning would be much much greater than that.
>=20
> I find that the best solution is just to write unreadable code from the=
=20
> beginning.

I find that the best solution is probably to encourage people that want
to "obfuscate" code to write unreadable (and, thus, unmaintainable) code
from the beginning.  Evolution takes over at that point.

I rather suspect someone is overestimating the "protective" value of
obscurity in this case, anyway.

--=20
Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ]
Naguib Mahfouz: "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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