100% Agreed, if it wasn't for the nature of open source and the contributions of others we wouldn't have wonderful tools, like AxKit! We're aware that the whole idea of obfuscation goes totally against the principles of open source.
My boss asked if I can protect my code for a certain project and I can't afford to get the sack! That said this is an exception for my company and I can understand the reasoning behind it. As such I'm grateful for the understanding and help I've had in this area by all. Thx, Marc. On 29/3/05 11:59 am, "Kjetil Kjernsmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On tirsdag 29 mars 2005, 12:25, you wrote: >> All comes back to there being no real way of securing the Taglib, >> that wouldn't stop a half decent Perl programmer from ripping the >> source. > > To be quite honest with you, I think it is neither desireable nor the > right thing to do. Perl is sharing, see CPAN for example, and secondly, > I for one wouldn't have started programming Perl if it wasn't for the > easily accessible source code. The same thing applies to the web as a > whole, arguable many started writing pages due to "View Source". All > you can hope to do with obfuscation of code is to chase away a > potential contributor and bug submitter. If you chase away someone who > knows a bit of Perl, it will only be because your code isn't worth the > hassle. > > I think you should tell your client "keep your money, but come back to > me for your next project". But then, I'm almost starving, so it may > well be that my idealism is totally misplaced. > > Cheers, > > Kjetil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
