Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>
> > Well, without the Encoder the entire *possibility* of "seriously proprietary
> > kickass scripts" that people distribute and sell is out of the question.
>
> Let's not go overboard here. You can build and sell serious stuff without
> an encoder. Obfuscating the code is not a requirement for all people. A
> usage license attached to the code that specifies what the client can do
> with it is often all it should take. If you really are building serious
> stuff that you sell to serious customers, then they are not likely to
> violate a license to save a few hundred dollars.
>
If it requires too many hoops to jump through for people to
program in PHP with the intention to distribute, then no matter
how much better PHP is than other solutions, the decision will
be: bag it, it's too much trouble, find something else.
I never said that obfuscating the code is a requirement for all people.
I'd like to know where I said that. It's easy to make me sound like an
idiot or worse when you put words in my mouth. I said that for some
people it is. BIG difference. To dismiss those people is kind of foolish.
Doesn't the existance of such a product help *promote* the use of PHP?
isn't that what we all want? If there are barriers that prevent people
from using PHP, then doesn't it make sense to address those? If
*they* want it (a obfuscation method) or need it, then they do. It's
not your right to tell people how to distribute their code, or in
what method to do it.
And I could tell you stories about how much licenses and NDAs and
such other legal agreements mean to some... :)
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