[Opensim-users] Protecting Script Source in .oar files

[Marcel Edward Verhagen]

ai, indeed when somebody would copy paste the compiled code in the 
reflector tool then the source can be extracted.
So saving the scripts in a compiled form would not give a reliable 
protection.

Now I just have to open the oar with winrar and open the file with 
wordpad to copy paste the lsl script.

On 11-12-09 22:59, Frisby, Adam wrote:
> Not very well - take a look at Reflector.NET.
>
> Adam
>
>    
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-users-
>> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Marcel Edward Verhagen
>> Sent: Friday, 11 December 2009 1:10 PM
>> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Protecting Script Source in .oar files
>>
>> Could no mod scripts not be saved compiled in the oar ?
>> In that case the source would be protected.
>>
>>
>> On 11-12-09 21:51, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
>>      
>>> Jeroen van Veen wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Would it be an idea to have a general way to add a copyright message
>>>>          
>> to
>>      
>>>> scripts/objects, without adding it as a notecard or something? That
>>>>          
>> way it's
>>      
>>>> at least clear where the object is supposed to come from. Some sort
>>>>          
>> of a
>>      
>>>> metadata thing :-)
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> If you're saving an entire OAR with a single parcel then you could
>>>        
>> place
>>      
>>> licensing information in the parcel description (or in multiple
>>>        
>> parcel
>>      
>>> descriptions).  I know this is pretty crude.
>>>
>>> At the back of my mind, I think it might also be nice to have a tool
>>>        
>> to inject a
>>      
>>> license into an OAR at a known location, though again this doesn't
>>>        
>> help if one
>>      
>>> wants to have different licenses for individual items (though such a
>>>        
>> thing would
>>      
>>> present its own problems anyway).
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jeroen
>>>>
>>>> Op vrijdag 11 december 2009 04:20:10 schreef Frisby, Adam:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> There's some long answers to this; but the short answer is very
>>>>>            
>> simple: No.
>>      
>>>>> It is impossible by definition - obfuscation is the best you can
>>>>>            
>> manage;
>>      
>>>>>    but at some point the region will need to execute the code -
>>>>>            
>> which is the
>>      
>>>>>    point where someone will be able to grab&   if necessary
>>>>>            
>> decompile.
>>      
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>>>>>    [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of
>>>>>            
>> Marcus
>>      
>>>>>    Alexander Link Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2009 1:29 PM
>>>>> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>>>>> Subject: [Opensim-users] Protecting Script Source in .oar files
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
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>>>>>            
>> myself
>>      
>>>>>    with a few words.
>>>>>
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>>>>>            
>> testing
>>      
>>>>>    OpenSimulator for a while now. I joined 'Second Life' 2006 and
>>>>>            
>> became a
>>      
>>>>>    virtual watches designer by taking free classes in SL. I met my
>>>>>            
>> GF in SL
>>      
>>>>>    and she moved from Houston/Texas to Germany, where we now live
>>>>>            
>> together.
>>      
>>>>>    We both are also SL Solution Provider.
>>>>>
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>>>>>            
>> of our
>>      
>>>>>    first developments was a multiple Choice Quiz System for SL
>>>>>            
>> Technology. I
>>      
>>>>>    am convinced of OpenSimulator because of the possibility of .oar
>>>>>            
>> and .iar
>>      
>>>>>    files which are such an amazing advantage, compared to what, lets
>>>>>            
>> say
>>      
>>>>>    "closed proprietary grids" offer.
>>>>>
>>>>> To come to an end and the question I would like to have answered:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a reliable way to protect the source of a script in a .oar
>>>>>            
>> file ?
>>      
>>>>>
>>>>> Marcus
>>>>> Frankfurt, Germany
>>>>>
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>>>>>            
>> community shop
>>      
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>> Innovative
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>>>>>
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>>      
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzZGLA1E9xQ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
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