Re:Gaming in HTML5: the future is now
by kevingadd on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @01:24PM
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Compiled code being decompiled and repurposed illegally is already a problem for people authoring software in Java, .NET and Flash. It would be dishonest to say that HTML5 won't suffer from this problem given that it makes it even easier to repurpose someone's hard work for your own ends.
On the other hand, since you're using HTML5, it's not too hard to make your product a service. When you do that, you can hide all your important code on the server instead of the client and thus make it much harder to steal. Of course, that makes it much harder to play said games on a mobile...
On the other hand, since you're using HTML5, it's not too hard to make your product a service. When you do that, you can hide all your important code on the server instead of the client and thus make it much harder to steal. Of course, that makes it much harder to play said games on a mobile...