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Re: Protecting commercial ruby source code

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

11/18/2006 4:56:00 AM

Hiren Bridgmohun wrote:
> Hello all
>
> Is there a way to obfuscate my ruby source code.
> I have come across ZenObfuscate which at about $2500.
> Does anyone know of any other options to protect ruby source code when it is
> distributed to clients?
>
> Thanks
> Hiren
>
>
>
>
I suppose the obvious answer is "it depends on what your business model
is." For example, it's very easy to protect the source of a hosted web
application. :) Seriously, though, what *is* your business model? Do you
develop one-of-a-kind packages for individual clients, or do you have a
"shrink-wrapped application" written in Ruby?

Given how easy it is to crack binary products like Windows and Office,
perhaps obfuscation isn't the answer anyhow. I guess I don't have
anything but questions at this point.

--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blo...

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.
4 Answers

George Plimpton

9/27/2010 2:02:00 PM

0

On 9/26/2010 9:58 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:

> I HATE the USA and everything we stand for.
>

You're going to be punished for that.

First Post

9/27/2010 10:27:00 PM

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On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:02:06 -0700, George Plimpton <george@si.not>
wrote:

>On 9/26/2010 9:58 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:
>
>> I HATE the USA and everything we stand for.
>>
>
>You're going to be punished for that.

Since that is how the prick feels then there is no real point in
debating them over anything. They will simply keep repeating their
hate Anerica/love socialism mantra regardless of how insanely stupid
their points, or lack of, are.
Kill filter the pissant and let them post to themselves from the
usenet twilight zone.

Phlip

9/27/2010 10:33:00 PM

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On Sep 27, 3:26 pm, First Post <Progressives...@Invalid.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:02:06 -0700, George Plimpton <geo...@si.not>
> wrote:
>
> >On 9/26/2010 9:58 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:
>
> >>      I HATE the USA and everything we stand for.
>
> >You're going to be punished for that.
>
> Since that is how the prick feels then there is no real point in
> debating them over anything.  They will simply keep repeating their
> hate Anerica/love socialism mantra regardless of how insanely stupid
> their points, or lack of, are.
> Kill filter the pissant and let them post to themselves from the
> usenet twilight zone.

Yup. In America we believe in freedom of speech (and quoting out of
context, and changing what we claim someone said). But we draw the
line at hating America. Apparently America is too inferiority-
complexed to stand up to sticks and stones.

(Gee, this reminds me of certain other groups out there...)

linder.one

9/29/2010 2:38:00 AM

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Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sep 26, 5:40=A0pm, George Plimpton <geo...@si.not> wrote:
>> On 9/26/2010 5:36 PM, Phlip wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Sep 26, 5:31 pm, George Plimpton<geo...@si.not> =A0wrote:
>> >> On 9/26/2010 5:24 PM, Phlip wrote:
>>
>> >>> On Sep 26, 5:16 pm, George Plimpton<geo...@si.not> =A0 =A0wrote:
>> >>>> On 9/26/2010 3:37 PM, 5732 Dead, 875 since 1/20/09 wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:18:18 -0700, ZNUYBV wrote:
>>
>> >>>>>> On Sep 26, 11:31 am, George Plimpton<geo...@si.not> =A0 =A0 =A0wro=
>te:
>> >>>>>>> "Gary" the convicted child molester, town drunk and Shame of Chic=
>o
>> >>>>>>> lied:
>>
>> >>>>>>>> Majority of Americans Want Swedish-Style Democracy and Income (T=
>ax)
>> >>>>>>>> Redistribution
>>
>> >>>>>>> Bullshit.
>>
>> >>>>>> Why should people who work have all the money?
>>
>> >>>>> Tell us what a commodities trader does that's worth a billion dolla=
>rs'
>> >>>>> salary.
>>
>> >>>> Earn many billions more for the investors.
>>
>> >>> And we should prostrate ourselves before them because they sucked
>> >>> money out of the system?
>>
>> >> They didn't suck any money out of the system.
>>
>> > The billions you said they "earned". Where does it go? Into new jobs?
>> > or into their bank accounts? What do they do with it?
>>
>> >>> Money that could have gone to services for
>> >>> the people who earned the goods whose value they gambled with?
>>
>> >> The money went to the people who deserved it: =A0the investors for tak=
>ing
>> >> risk and investing, the traders for making timely trades that earn mon=
>ey
>> >> for the investors.
>>
>> > Ah, so if I have a mosquito sucking my blood out, the mosquito
>> > "deserved it", for taking the risk of flying around me. And wanting my
>> > blood back is just "class envy". Gotcha!
>>
>> The mosquito and you didn't enter into a mutually beneficial trade. =A0Th=
>e
>> commodities investors and the trader did. =A0Pretty simple, really.
>>
>> The problem here is you think you are entitled to some of the investors'
>> money. =A0You aren't, of course.
>
>So... the trade was "mutually beneficial" (a magical concept dispensed
>by Straus's Chicago School of Economics, no doubt).
>
>But if I ask what my side of the "benefit" was... I'm not entitled to
>even know what it is?

What risk did you take? What effort did you put forth into making the
"benefit" possible?

JSL