Re: Protect a lua script which has been compiled

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2017-01-19 11:10 GMT+02:00 Charles Heywood <vandor2012@gmail.com>:

> If you still want to continue with doing this, chances are the best bet is
> to obfuscate the source before compilation and distribution. That would make
> it harder to understand - but not impossible.

On a Un*x system, you can simply mark the executable execute-only.
    chmod go-rw+x myprog.lua

I.e. only the root user can change, copy or reverse-engineer it,
but anyone can run it. You don't even need to compile the Lua
script, a shebang turns any Lua source file into an executable.