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Or at least, it seems interesting on the face of it. Obfuscation != encryption.
by icky 19y ago
Or at least, it seems interesting on the face of it. Obfuscation != encryption.
- mdipierro 19y agoTrue: compiling is obfuscation, not encryption but, the same argument applies to Java, VB, etc. Even compiled C++ can be disassembled. Anyway, web2py inlines some stuff before bytecode compiling so if you decompile a compiled web2py app you do not get a valid web2py app (because there is no one to one match between modules) unless you tweak it. In most of the cases it is not worth the task.
- icky 19y agoIf your goal is to deny the competition free code, then, yes. But too often people think that they're successfully hiding some trade secret when they're not.