Re: crypting prosrc in pg_proc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: crypting prosrc in pg_proc
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Msg-id 36e682920708101213h1de19ba2pc0adf6fa087ebb76@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: crypting prosrc in pg_proc  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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On 8/10/07, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> If someone just went and did "select * from pg_proc" they could claim they
> weren't violating their EULA or any protection you had put in place. If they
> went through the trouble having to de-obfuscate it then you would have a
> strong DMCA claim in the US.

I agree.  De-obfuscating the code could likely show willful violation
of the software owner's license agreement.

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