I don't think a source-code hiding program deserves our assistance.
I personally think this is a technically fascinating field and would enjoy learning more about it.

We've got this great programming language precisely because Larry gave the damn thing away.
... which should earn him our gratitude and respect. But I urge you to consider that even if Larry can easily make a living without ever writing closed code, through books, conferences, grants and what else (sorry for possible imprecisions, but I don't know much about his professional activities), not everybody can afford the same level of "programming purity". I can easily imagine fields where delivering closed-source code is the only commercially viable way.

Not that I am a big fan of proprietary software, especially from a user's point of view, but I believe the world has more shades of gray than one would be tempted to see.

Cheers

Antonio

The stupider the astronaut, the easier it is to win the trip to Vega - A. Tucket

In reply to Re: Re: An obfuscation script, and a question by abell
in thread An obfuscation script, and a question by Anonymous Monk

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