User control of compile binary meta data

[ghost]

Hi.

1. Do I have the right to sell a CLI application written with the Deno compile command?
   The information contains copyright information

2. If I want to make a free open source CLI app - can I change the Deno icon?
   If so, how do I do it?

Thanks...

[ry]

Yes you can sell the output of “deno compile”.... we probably need to do some work to remove logo and other metadata...

[eliassjogreen]

Related to #8912, would require rc.exe on windows.

[ghost]

In golang, there is an option for launching the executable in "GUI" mode, in order to hide the console:

go build -ldflags "-H windowsgui" -o application.exe

This is something that would be nice to have too in deno, for example in the case of a GUI application launched with the default browser and coupled to a local deno backend. Double-clicking the compiled deno application file would only open the default browser via Deno.open(url), and not the deno console itself.

[Leokuma]

Guys, I made a Deno program that allows you to compile Deno apps with custom icon and metadata: https://github.com/Leokuma/wincompile