wouldnt the simple and pythonic way of loading the correct .pyc be:
try:
import script_build_25
except ImportError:
import script_build_26
except ImportError:
import script_build_27
except ImportError:
print "wow. such error"
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Mathias Möhl <i...@mamoworld.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for this detailed feedback!
>
> Yes, I am aware of the decompilers and the pyc format is not the only
> level of protection that I am relying on.
>
> But it looks like having 3 different pyc files for Python 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7
> and implementing some logic that loads the correct one automatically is a
> reasonable amount of effort for a basic level of protection.
> In case anybody is interested: I think automatically loading the correct
> pyc file could be based on the imp.get_magic().encode('hex')
> idea sketched in the second answer here:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2263356/are-python-2-5-pyc-files-compatible-with-python-2-6-pyc-files
>
> Cheers,
> Mathias
>
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> On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:34, Ben Dickson <ben.dick...@rsp.com.au> wrote:
>
> Yep, pyc files can be converted back to Python relatively easily
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5287253
>
> ..but FWIW, here are the Python or GCC changes throughout Nuke:
>
> Nuke 5.1v4, 64 bit, built Apr 3 2009.
> 2.5.1 (r251:6028:6057M, Mar 14 2008, 16:54:54)
> [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)]
>
> Nuke 5.2v1, 64 bit, built Aug 25 2009.
> 2.5.1 (r251:13849M, Dec 2 2008, 17:16:32)
> [GCC 4.1.2]
>
> Nuke 6.2v1, 64 bit, built Dec 17 2010.
> Licence expires on: 2014/4/10
> 2.6.5 (r265:30763M, Dec 8 2010, 09:13:05)
> [GCC 4.1.2]
>
> Nuke 8.0v1, 64 bit, built Dec 2 2013.
> 2.7.3 (default, Sep 18 2013, 15:32:05)
> [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)]
>
>
> Based of the Linux version. Didn't check if the Python UCS version
> changed at all, but I doubt it
>
> On 07/03/14 06:38, Nathan Rusch wrote:
>
> Trying to protect "IP" written in pure Python is a losing battle. If
> you’re really paranoid, consider implementing parts of your code in C.
>
> As far as versions go, it should be safe to assume that all versions of
> Nuke 8.0 will use Python 2.7. I believe Nuke 6.2 was the first version
> to use Python 2.6, but that’s going purely on memory. Prior to that, it
> was 2.5.
>
>
> -Nathan
>
>
> *From:* Mathias Möhl <mailto:i...@mamoworld.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 06, 2014 11:35 AM
> *To:* nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk
> <mailto:nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk>
> *Subject:* [Nuke-python] python versions used by NUKE
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I want to distribute some NUKE python script as pyc file to protect my IP.
>
> As pyc files are not compatible among different python versions, I need
> a different pyc file for each version of python that is used by NUKE.
>
> Is it save to assume that
> NUKE 8 always uses Python 2.7,
> NUKE 7 always uses Python 2.6,
> and which other Python versions do I need to consider for earlier NUKE
> versions?
>
> Cheers,
> Mathias
>
>
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