Re: [gforth] How to make executable binary applications?

[Bahman Movaqar]

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 23:47, Bernd Paysan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011, 23:30:21 schrieb Bahman Movaqar:
>> I'm going to write an application using Forth.  The source of this
>> application must *not* be readable by others.
>> AFAIU if I create an image of the source, once still can 'SEE' the
>> words after loading the image.  Is that right?  If yes, are there any
>> ways to make an executable binary file (like a compiled and linked C
>> program) out of a collection of Forth source files?
>>
>> BTW, I'm using Gforth.  TIA,
>
> Gforth is under GPL.  If you plan to do that, you first of all need a GPL
> exception, you cannot do that with the license under which you have obtained
> Gforth - this is different from C, where the binary does not contain the C
> compiler.  I think you can negotiate that with Anton and me, when you have
> good reasons - making money is a good reason, but then you need to share some
> of that money with us.

Oh!  Didn't know about that.  No doubt, if I make my final decision to
write this application in Forth, I will contact you & Anton.

> When you create the image out of the source, simply don't load the decompiler,
> and don't allow the user to load something like a decompiler.  Otherwise:
> There are decompilers for C available, so a C binary with symbols is not that
> much more obfuscated.

So, basically, this means that there *is* a way to have a Forth image
file, un'SEE'able by others.  Am I right?

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Bahman Movaqar (http://BahmanM.com)
ERP Evaluation, Implementation and Deployment Consultant