Well most clients I have dealt with in the past end up with the source code.
> After all, "clients" have been accepting obfuscated code since time immemorial already! (Well, at least since the 1980s.) That's what compiled code is! Unless you wanted to reverse engineer to assembly language, pretty much everything was obfuscated. In the form of a product that is true. But if that were the case I would expect the OP would have wanted to obfuscate the entire solution. As there is a single binary to be obfuscated (and it gets used a lot) it sounds more likely that it is being used in custom software that is developed for a single client. For the client: If they purchase a library then they get a support contract so if things go wrong they get fixed If they use an open source library then they get the code so they can fix issues or pass them on to someone to fix. If the developer hands them a library which is neither they could be in trouble. If you are selling a product with support then this is OK because you have an agreement with the client that you'll fix anything that goes wrong. If you were to have a falling out with the client over an invoice or something (it happens) then they effectively have a piece of software that only you (someone they no longer wish to do business with) can maintain. As a client I would consider that an unacceptable risk. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Dylan Tusler < dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au> wrote: > > That is potentially a pretty dangerous risk for a client to accept > isn't it? Unless it contains some kind of proprietary algorithm or something > I'm not sure it's a great idea. > > That's a pretty weird point of view. > > After all, "clients" have been accepting obfuscated code since time > immemorial already! (Well, at least since the 1980s.) That's what compiled > code is! Unless you wanted to reverse engineer to assembly language, pretty > much everything was obfuscated. > > Dylan. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council > office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, > visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au > > This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named > recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, > distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without > the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately > if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. > Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender > and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. > maile 3_1_0 > > -- Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com
