From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2003-04-12T03:29:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Two questions

"Steve Adams" <adamss@ascinet.com> writes:
> Because it's the requirement that I've been given.

Push back, then.  This question comes up all the time in clpm, and the
standard answer there is, "You can't do what you want to do."  I don't
see why Ruby is any different.  At some point, you have to have plain
text to feed into a Ruby interpreter, at which point all the
obsfucating you've done is now completely useless.

If you're afraid people will steal your code, then license it
appropriately, and set severe penalties in your contract for copying.
And don't give it to people who will steal it-- if you can't trust the
people you do business with, it's probably time to find new clients,
or get in a new business.

-=Eric
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