Exactly. Buggy and slow software is a much larger, worse issue than piracy, which directly affects your paying customers. IMO good software has the same proper

Exactly. Buggy and slow software is a much larger, worse issue than piracy, which directly affects your paying customers. IMO good software has the same properties as good hardware: the internals accessible to diagnose and solve problems. Sure, people may "steal" your code, but then again, if your business model relies on keeping code secret instead of being helpful to customers, you have already lost. You're not some kind of priest protecting your superior, holy code from lesser minds. Edit: Also, code obfuscation says "I don't trust you, customer!" if nothing else.