On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Jeremy Rudd <jrudd.develo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > There is no such thing as a javascript binary. The code included with > node > > is stored in string format in the node executable. > > No worries, what if the code was compiled via V8, and then stored as a > data file? > Whatever format it is in, if you could just load the same datafile you > would'nt need > the source code again. > > > > In my opinion, this is not a Node problem to solve. Obfuscation/source > code > > hiding is an opportunity for a third party to make a native module to > > encrypt/decrypt source files. > > You don't need to encrypt the source if you can just work with the > intermediate data format. See above. > > > > Most of us are standing on the shoulders of giants. This is why node is > so > > great. But yet, we are selling software touting features that are really > a > > gift from the Node community, and that we got for mostly free. > > I'm sorry to sound capitalistic, but sometimes you need to make > commercial products for clients that are willing to pay. I was trying to keep my mouth shut but this is just too much. This short sentence is comically fallacious. To start with, if your clients are so willing to pay why are you bending over backwards to obfuscate? And nothing is stopping you from making commercial products -- certainly not node's license. This was addressed a few different ways in this thread, I'm not sure why you've chosen to ignore it. But more fundamentally: capitalism, like any economic system, is about the efficient allocation of resources in the face of scarcity. Once you've written your software it's no longer scarce. And please don't conflate capitalism with intellectual property -- the two are quite different. > If my work > could be protected in such a case, it would help me. Then do the damn legwork yourself. Node has a wonderfully liberal license -- and that's a very good thing. Frankly it's developers like you that are to blame for the scourge of GPL software. Do what you will with the code, but you could benefit from trying to grok *why* you're getting the kind of responses you're seeing. > And yes, nodeJS > is a great gift, and I would look into giving whatever else I create > back. > > > Bitching cause the Node creators were generous enough to share their work > > with you, but not cheap enough to lock it down is ludicrous. > > Sorry if I sounded like I was bitching, I was just trying to make > NodeJS a more professional platform: .NET, Java, Flash all allow you > to 'compile' your app in some way and so I was just asking if > something like this could be implemented for node. > More "professional"? Wow. Again, it wouldn't hurt to read up on the culture around open source -- if nothing else, it'll help you avoid getting flamed by saying things like this. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
