RE: [PHP] Ever heard of IonCube?

What you say is right, i do believe this is a good approach, but if i look at linux distributions.. they must have had a LOT spare time as some dists are totally free like debian. Did Debra and Ian have a sex live anyway ;) I won't jump on one's back, for selling code, i completely understand. Making this statement i was only searching for answeres to a question, which methods there are for releasing open-source code, AND earn money, AND have spare time to have a social live. Thanks for the contribution Vania! > -----Original Message----- > From: Vania Smrkovski [SMTP:vania@pandorasdream.com] > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 1:16 PM > To: Vek, Marvin (RW-NL) > Subject: RE: [PHP] Ever heard of IonCube? > > Just for a few dreamers out there. > > Some people work with code as a hobby, others as a service, in which case > PHP, being little more than a server HTML generator (in the sense that the > Open Source code doesn't get written to the end user unless the code made > an > Oops). But a lot of people go for the hybrid approach. > > They believe Open Source is a great way to aim for moral and educational > reasons. But they realize that there are many cases where Open Source has > its risks and limitations. > > Fact is, some information is too important to allow easy hacking, so > obfuscate, encrypt and protect where necessary to keep ppl from accessing > the information, or ways to reverse engineer that info. > > > Zend makes money off their bits, but they contribute a lot to the Open > Source development of PHP. Some of the guys involved in Wine development > sell a commercial product. It pays the bills and allows them to put more > time in Wine development. > > > _________________________ > Vania Smrkovski > Internet Design and Programming > vania@pandorasdream.com > http://pandorasdream.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vek, Marvin (RW-NL) [mailto:marvin.vek@rockwool.nl] > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:55 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Ever heard of IonCube? > > > Thanks! > > I do luv open-source and gpl, but indeed i always wondered where those > people made their money with if the applications don't cost anything. Is > open-source ALL evening/night-work seperate from their own jobs? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ryan A [SMTP:ryan@jumac.com] > > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:35 PM > > To: Vek, Marvin (RW-NL) > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Ever heard of IonCube? > > > > Try this tool, its free and its very good. > > http://pobs.mywalhalla.net/ > > I have myself used it as I make some freebie programs which are open > > source > > and some which are not. > > Before your "open source defination guys" get on my back please > > remember...I > > gotto eat and I have to protect something that I spent hours sweating > > over, > > got frustrated over and worked late nights...sometimes till 4am or more. > > > > BTW the freebie programs go out with source intact. > > > > Hope that helped. > > > > Cheers, > > -Ryan > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vek, Marvin (RW-NL)" <marvin.vek@rockwool.nl> > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 8:44 AM > > Subject: [PHP] Ever heard of IonCube? > > > > > > > Ever heard of IonCube? Someone have experience with it or knows about > > it? > > > http://www.ioncube.com/loader_download.php > > > > > > Now having an apache/mysql/php4 installation, i'm looking for some > > > improvements to make the server even faster. Zend optimizer, offcourse > > > already installed (automaticly with php4), now i found this, but i'm > not > > > sure.. > > > > > > M. Vek > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >