On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:08:15 -0500, Yu-Xi Lim wrote: > As you said, if you have some novel features, you will need obfuscation. > Copyright doesn't protect the process and patents may take a while. In > the meanwhile, good obfuscation is reasonable protection, imho. > > But I think you failed to note that it may not be a novel feature or > useful functionality. In fact, it might be the opposite: a function the > users want removed. A typical example would be a shareware registration > or nag screen. When the users have to start paying, they might then feel > inclied to "rip off the code", or in this case, rip out the code.
Which leads to the important counter-question. Since there is a Python obfuscator, is there a Python un-obfuscator? I am aware that not all obfuscations can be reversed, but some can. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
