RE: [PHP] Re: Protect PHP coding

>My view on encoders is that they are unnecessary and rather evil. I would >never ever purchase a php-based application that did not come with the php >source code. If you want to restrict your code somehow, do it through a >license. People who choose to violate that license are the same people >who will hack your encoded scripts anyway. And this way the honest >customers will have the benefit of the code to customize, learn from, >build on top of. Closed source stuff stifles innovation and I personally >refuse to work on a PHP encoder for this reason. Imagine if I had never >released the source for PHP? We would not be having this discussion >today. Very well said. I applaud all the devlopers who work on open source software.