README: start a section on the use cases for a Go obfuscator

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Obfuscate Go builds

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README: start a section on the use cases for a Go obfuscator #815

Closed mvdan closed 7 months ago

mvdan commented 7 months ago

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mvdan commented 7 months ago

Input welcome; I'd rather answer this upfront in the README than have to come up with a new answer every time.

Some people will always think that using an obfuscator is a bad idea, or even that one shouldn't exist, but that's fine.

mvdan commented 7 months ago

I'm not sure; it is a common question too, but the answer is still largely the same. Do you think it would have a significantly different answer? I think the text I added here already covers the reasons why an obfuscator is useful, be it for doing good or not.