Protecting Scripts

[goldenstein64 (Shoop)]

There has been a lot of talk some time ago about the removal of closed-source modules, outlined in this announcement:

Removing Support for Third Party Closed Source Modules

Hi developers, Games can import code modules dynamically using the require function. Currently we allow closed source modules to be used within a game even if the game creator does not have access to the code. This poses a serious risk because models can contain malicious code and developers have no way to audit the code. Additionally, our platform does not contain any sandboxing support so modules can do anything game scripts can do, such as writing to data stores or teleporting players to ano…

There has been a few articles that list some alternatives to this:

Provide a reasonable alternative to closed source modules

Important Edit As of 2023, my opinion on this topic has changed drastically and I currently disagree with many of my own points that I made on this thread, and even see some of them as ridiculous, but am unable to delete this topic. I still think it’d be neat for some way to have closed-source server sided code at the very least in order to create some sort of viable alternative market for some scripters, provided that something similar to the studio plugin permission system is included…

Protected Module Service Alpha Testers

Hello fellow Robloxians! About the Service Roblox recently announced that they will be dropping support for private modules without introducing an alternative starting in February for security reasons. This has left many of you with a tough choice – give up the intellectual property that is the source of your income by making your code public, or stop offering your code. As a solution to this problem, I created RbxMod.com. After a period of code review, you can grant access to specific games t…

I recommend that you just use the search bar to find some threads about it, since there is tons of information here that people are missing out on.