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title: Script protection policy
description: Application developers can set a protection policy for script includes published as part of a custom application. The policy determines whether someone can view or edit the script include after the application is installed on their instance.
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# Script protection policy

Application developers can set a protection policy for script includes published as part of a custom application. The policy determines whether someone can view or edit the script include after the application is installed on their instance.

Application developers have these options to protect their custom application script includes:

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Protection policy

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

None

</td><td>

Select this option to allow other application developers to customize your script include.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Read-only

</td><td>

Select this option to allow other application developers to see your script logic, but not to change it.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Protected

</td><td>

Select this option to prevent other application developers from changing your intellectual property.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>