Is encoding your code opposed to open source spirit?
Open source is a great contribution to humanity in a sense that many products would not be available without the open source community. Many commercial products already over priced would be even more over priced and without alternative. Imagine the world without Linux, Php, Ruby on Rails !
The response depend on what you do with the encoder and if you send back to the open source community.
If you write a commercial application that uses some part of open source, you first have to place in your license agreement that you are using open source and mention their respective licenses.
Then you have to only encode your specific code, written by yourself and/or your staff, letting the open source open.
This way you respect the hard work of the open source teams and you protect your intellectual property. And please give back to the community by providing code, tricks and tips and help.
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