Hi there, On Thu, 29 May 2003, Kirk Rogers wrote:
> i have a collection of perl modules ... i dont want to send it out > without at least making it somewhat difficult for some hacker to just simply > steal it and load it somewhere else without my consent. This is getting to be an old chestnut, I wonder if we should specifically forbid discussion of it in the email-etiquette doc.? The best way to do what you want is to code it in C, compile it and send out only the compiled executables, a bit like that firm up in the North-West USA. There are -ahem- Open Source packages to translate Perl into C and/or bytecode, but then I suppose you wouldn't get much help from this List with C programs... It does seem a bit rich to take all the free stuff you can from CPAN and then try to deny everyone else the fruits of your own labours. But I suppose it's a free world, at least in parts. 73, Ged.
