Hi Phlee, it is true that it is possible to decompile bytecode python but it is also true that it is possible to decompile or disassemble any language. That in itself does not make it worthless for two reasons:
The first is that it is illegal (if you say so in the license). How easy it is to open the front door of your house? that does not mean anybody does it. People have sued and have won trials in similar circumstances. VB and C# sell because they claim compilation protection but it is not better than in Python. In the specific case of web2py. web2py does one more step before bytecode compiling. It translates all view hierarchy for every action into a single python file (resolves all extended and included templates into one view, and then tuns the html into python code), the it bytecode compiles it. It manly does this to serve pages faster without parsing and string substitution at runtime. This also means that even if they were to decompile it, they would not get exactly the original code and what they'd get would not be too easy to turn into a working web2py application. I am here temporarily so if you have questions we have a google list for web2py. Massimo P.S. Sorry for intruding but I thought this was relevant. Pylons rocks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
