We're getting pretty far off-topic for a PAR list. To summarize and, I hope, close down this irrelevant flamebait thread: -- Original poster asked about source hiding as a feature of perl; -- Autrijus sent some suggestions on that to Jesse Schoch who may help with an input filter that would help; -- Some people hate the idea, some people love it.
But we're all interested in PAR, and IMHO we might get back to discussing that. Thanks. ----------------------------- Mr. Lindsay Morris Lead Architect www.servergraph.com 512-482-6138 ext 105 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 2:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Source Hiding (was: Encyrpting Source) > > > On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 17:48, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > >>>>> "Lindsay" == Lindsay Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Lindsay> If (like us) you're marketing an enterprise-level product, and > > Lindsay> you invest a lot of time in enhancing it, > > Lindsay> then you will want some kind of source hiding. > > > > I forget who said it, but > > "most people who hide their source do so out of embarassment". > > > > Truly, there is no reason to hide your source. It only makes me ensure > > that I will never purchase your product. > > I would say that whoever wants to keep the source code for himself, it's > up to him/her. > > But, as a very personal opinion, I would also say that nowadays, in the > middle of the Open Source movement, and for code written in Perl (<add > your comments about ofuscation of Perl code here>), you _really_ have to > offer something very special to someone _really_ special to make a > difference between giving or not the source code. Not to mention that > you won't benefit from peer-review of bugs and enhancements. > > Is it really crucial in those enterprise-level products that people > don't see that code? > > Again, personal opinion, > > avilella > >
