Posted by steve on 06/07/05 02:35

"el_roachmeister" wrote:
> I am an ASP, selling hosted software and am concerned that
> someone will
> steal my source code and resell it? I did a google search and
> it seems
> unlikely since it is typically easier to write one's own
> script from
> scratch then try and figure out what someone else has done
> (for code <
> 10,000 total lines). Plus there is so much open source scripts
> out
> there already for people to copy and modify for their own
> needs that
> they should not have to do something illegal. What do you
> think?
>
> I know there are php obfuscators but my code is under daily
> development
> .. It would be a pain to constantly run the obfuscator each
> time I make
> a small change to it.

I would not use obfuscators, since you have to protect certain
variables (e.g. query string variables) against being obfuscated,
which is headache. Also as you correctly stated, you have to
obfuscate all the files.

Instead, use php encoders which encode files individually. That way,
if you make a change to one file, you can just upload it, knowing that
all your other files are encoded, and there is only a small risk.

Look into Zend small biz program, or mmcache (free), or ionsphere.

steve

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