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Huge problem is developing that will affect affordability of software online.  The support staff for phpShield says they can't deploy their compiling/encryption software so that the phpShield loaders can be installed in the user's webspace rather than the root level.  This is a huge problem when we are faced with heavy software theft because we are forced into open source.  Because PHP almost forces people who use it to write in open source, there are not enough quality software out there except those that use ZendGuard, phpShield, or other byte-code encrypter/encoders that forces hosts to install the loaders at the root level. 

It is critical for future of software development that there be a way to install byte code encryption loaders IN THE section between the root level and public_html which I refer to as part of the user webspace.  We should not be forced to pay a grand a year to Zend for their software, nor should we have to battle website hosts who refuse to install loaders on behalf of their customers.  It needs to be made possible that we can finally run byte-code compiled software without a lot of hassle or having to have root level access.  Otherwise, it's difficult to sell software to webmasters using shared accounts.

Now, I would of posted this as a suggestion, but the PHP development team provides no way of contacting them.  Hopefully this gets read by the right person.