in reply to Re: Security, is it to much to ask?
in thread Security, is it to much to ask?

What if I compile a 17 character perl script like print "foobar\n";? The XOR key then becomes Copyright © 2000 which can not be 'owned' by them. I doubt that this would constitute distribution of software under another's copyright notice even if it was long enough to incorporate the whole string as, although it is being 'used', it is not on display.

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(HyperZonk) Re: Security, is it to much to ask?
by HyperZonk (Friar) on Jul 20, 2001 at 03:26 UTC
    I don't think that toma's point was that the encrypted software is copyrighted by AS, but that any complete program to decode software encrypted by them would be in violation of their copyright, since it would by definition include the copyright phrase (or something that eventually evaluates structurally to that phrase, no matter how obfu'd).

    By the way, even a program like
    print "foobar\n";

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    ends up being a program of about 500kB when it is made into an executable by AS's software, IIRC.
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