OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria will be Free and Open Source!

• Posted by Antonio Alessi <a.admin at myway.it> Sep 20, 2006
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> akusaya wrote:
> .. ..
> > 2. Does it mean that we can see how shroud/bind encryption work?
> 
> I will probably have to (eventually) remove the code that knows how to
> decrypt bound and shrouded programs. If I open that small bit of
> source, it will become useless, and will OFFEND people who thought 
> their programs would be highly secure.
> Even without this added encryption, programs are fairly hard to figure out,
> 
> since in 2.5 it's just a bunch of IL, and in earlier releases it's
> code with variables renamed, comments stripped, etc.
> I guess I'll have to "deprecate" that feature (i.e. maybe support it
> using a non-open subroutine for this release, but eventually 
> discontinue it. I'm open to suggestion on this.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Not only offend, but provoke a potential great damage.
The security of the compiled EU programs was a guarantee that you 
expressly gave to the user on purchasing your product, not just a think.

I have made a three years investment on a procedure written 
in Euphoria on such basis; what should I expect now?

Antonio Alessi