Mark H Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Obfuscation (hiding) of your source is *bad*, usually done for one > of the following reasons: > 1) Boss is paranoid and fears loss of revenues due to intellectual > property theft. > 2) Boss is ignorant of reverse engineering strategies available to > folks who want to get to the heart of the matter. > 3) Boss and|or coders are embarrassed for clients (or other coders) > to see their art, or lack thereof. Sometimes this is also wanting to > hide the fact that the product really isn't "worth" the price being > charged for it?!?
You can also add fear of patent trolls to this list. Particularly if you are in a startup and cannot afford a long battle in court. You can quickly go bankrupt on attorney fees. Sturla -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
