Re: Encoding or obfuscating tool

On 9/18/05, Rory Browne <rory.browne@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally I would be more interested in hearing how you can justify > obfuscating code before delivering it to a client. For the same reasons that most commercial software houses that distribute compiled software in binary form don't include the source code, I would imagine. Open source is a wonderful thing, but not every software developer chooses to license their work that way. For those that don't, finding a way to obfuscate code that's written in an interpreted language (and therefore, traditionally appears in source form even when deployed) is a compelling business objective. I'm kinda playing the devil's advocate here, since every line of code I've ever released has been either GPL- or LGPL-licensed...but that's what my response would be if I were to release something to which I didn't wish to give the licensees source access.