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1) Protect your intellectual property by obfuscating code There is no protection in minifying an interpreted language. This is an invalid argument.
by SchizoDuckie 13y ago
1) Protect your intellectual property by obfuscating code
There is no protection in minifying an interpreted language. This is an invalid argument.
- proexploit 13y agoNo, it's not. It's not fool-proof but it makes it slightly more difficult for other developers to determine what's going on and it certainly makes code re-use harder. The effort that goes into examining obfuscated code is a deterrent.
- masklinn 13y ago"Slightly" is a good word, it's an extremely low barrier of entry and if somebody wants to read it they will manage to do it.