Has anyone thought of a way to stop css theft? I want to protect my sheets. I’m sick and tired of people taking my work instead of putting in the wrench time.
@David_HarrisonJul 24.2003 — #What you could do is write your code and when you get it how you like it, make a back up copy and then remove all of the structure so as to make harder to read, and even through in some dummy rules that will be over-ridden later on:
div#a{display:inline;width:100px;color:#fb7;}
div#b{display:block;position:absolute;top:16px;}
becomes:
#a, #b{
display:block;
display:none;
display:inline;
}
#b{
position:fixed;
position:absolute;
display:block;}
#a{
width:100px;
color:#fb7;}
#b{top:16px;}
This will take some time to encode when you have a lot of style's, but it will take decades to decode.
@nkaisareJul 24.2003 — #Probably some server-side rule that allows access to the directory containing css file only if its called by another file on your server, not otherwise.
however, you are then left in the situation where 13% of your viewers see your pages without style sheets, because the encrypted file has to be saved as a .js file.
@Robert_WellockJul 25.2003 — #You are all welcome to steal all my CSS but if you don't give me credit, or decide to do a full ripping-off I'll set Cerberus onto you.