Obfuscate/prevent source code in temporary src directory

[Sherard Hall]

From the ocra website http://ocra.rubyforge.org/ it states:

When executed, the OCRA stub extracts the Ruby interpreter and your scripts into a temporary directory. The directory will contains the same directory layout as your Ruby installlation. The source files for your application will be put in the ‘src’ subdirectory.

How can one prevent the source code from being exposed during runtime? If ocra can't do this what tool can for building standalone ruby scripts?

Crossing fingers some option in ocra can prevent this, awesome tool. 

[atkaaz]

why would you want to obfuscate the code?

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[Sherard Hall]

Guess poor choice of words, I'd like to prevent others viewing the source when distributing to others.

[atkaaz]

Not sure I understand, but why do you want to prevent some people from viewing the source ?

[Sherard Hall]

It's not meant to be an open source project. Did I miss a license agreement with ocra that states I have to provide the source?

[atkaaz]

maybe this is helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2123437/ruby-obfuscator

[atkaaz]

from that article, looks like maybe you want this: http://rubyencoder.com/overview.html
unless you found something else.

Good luck.

[Sherard Hall]

Thanks will read.

[David Simon]

The nature of ruby makes it very difficult to conceal your program's source code if you distribute it to your users. You could, at best, and after a great deal of annoying work, create an obfuscation scheme that would slow down a developer trying to figure out your app for maybe a few days, less if they've done reverse engineering before.

If keeping your source code secret is important, then implement your app as a web service, not a standalone desktop application.

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[Maciej Stańczyk]

You can achieve your goal in 3 steps:

1. Write your program in ruby (one folder)

2. Use RubyEncryptor (create new encrypted folder)

3. Use ocra on RubyEncoder (remember to add ruby encoder libs):

a) if want to use individual licenses for each customer use ocra with inno5 option

b) if want only to protect your code