What are the methods of protecting Ruby source code from being copied and modified?

Question

Ruby on Rails

What are the ways to protect Ruby source code? Does Ruby have its own Ioncube like php does?

Answer 1

Write code that smells bad and without documentation. Then no one will need it.
And if you need to hide encryption or hashing algorithms, then the need to hide them is already a bad sign. By hiding the source code, you can only get a sense of false security.

Answer 2

There is a way to hide the code - is not to give it at all.
The rest is google script code obfuscation, but it's handmade.

Answer 3

Write code that you won't be ashamed of.
Then there would be no reason to hide it.

Answer 4

rubyencoder