HostRail Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I have an ethical question. I bought a script from a programmer a few years ago. It is encrypted with ioncube php encryption. Ive upgraded to php5 and now the encryption is out of date. I cant find the programmer anywhere. Ive paid for the script. Is it wrong to try to decrypt the code so i can continue using it? Ive even contacted ioncube. They said it cant be decrypted even it they wanted to. Not sure if thats true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HostRail Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 after rereading some info ioncube may be an encoder and not an encrypter so I may be barking up the wrong tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 i say if it's abandonware, it's abandonware. nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I would think that if you licensed the use of the product it's fair game - from an ethical standpoint. Now if you go about selling it afterwards... One question: What would you see as the difference between "encoding" and "encrypting"? To you, it's effectively the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 One question: What would you see as the difference between "encoding" and "encrypting"? To you, it's effectively the same thing. Encoding is changing how the data is stored (a text file could be ANSI or UTF-8) but not intentionally hiding the data. Encrypting is intentionally hiding the data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HostRail Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 yeah even if I could decode the data. And actually i can with the old ioncube encoders. I can never get the php source code from it. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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