A software company has developed a web-based mapping application that uses a proprietary, highly efficient pathfinding algorithm. Instead of deploying the original, well-structured JavaScript source code to the client-side browser, the company runs the code through an obfuscation tool before deployment.
Explain one reason why obfuscating the JavaScript source code helps to protect the company's intellectual property.
35 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Ethical and legal, covering Ethical and legal issues of personal data, Issues of AI, machine learning and robotics, and Intellectual property protection methods. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.