source code protection

[corbo950]

im releasing a program that will go head to head with a very closed box company. im wondering what measures i can take to stop them from stealing/reverse-engineering my source code. If i was not afraid of what tactics this company is going to take i would be open source but unfortunately it is not an option :(

[mattb]

Unfortunately it's pretty easy to decompile an SWF and review all the source code. You can make it more difficult for someone to understand your code by obfuscating the source before compilation. I haven't used any Flash/Flex obfuscators but a simple Google search will bring one or two open source solutions.

[ngexec]

I've been using irrfuscator to protect my SWFs (http://www.ambiera.com/irrfuscator/index.html) successfully in my projects, it is especially made for flex projects and works just as mattb said.
I can recommend it especially because it also encrypts strings in your code, making it even more difficult for those s*ckers :)

[corbo950]

i found this which i hope will work:
http://www.insideria.com/2008/04/encryption-in-flex-application-1.html