I was just thinking during my travel in bus the difference between Java and Perl in terms of distribution of code. When a company sells Java code/software, they typically distribute binaries packed in jars. And their code cannot be viewed unless it is an open source code. I mean they can hide their code in machine code.

My question is how is Perl distributed? If some one writes Perl code for money how should he deploy it, should he give all the code to the customer? I mean the scripts and modules? But what stops them from reselling it or extending it themselves? I wonder if this has something to do with the license of the software which states that any one can freely distribute it and extend it.

Is this the so called obfuscation used for? I know that its not a respectable or decent option but just a random meditation.

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