distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Joe Strout
We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Is there some way I can distribute and use just the .pyc files, so as to not give away the source? Thanks, - Joe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0600, Joe Strout wrote: We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Is there some way I can distribute and use just the .pyc files, so as to not give away the source? Yes. Just use the *.pyc files. Ciao,

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread skip
Marc On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0600, Joe Strout wrote: We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Is there some way I can distribute and use just the .pyc files, so as to not give away the source? Marc Yes. Just use

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:44 -0500, skip wrote: Marc On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0600, Joe Strout wrote: We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Is there some way I can distribute and use just the .pyc files, so as to not

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch a écrit : On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:44 -0500, skip wrote: Marc On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0600, Joe Strout wrote: We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Is there some way I can distribute and use

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Almar Klein
You could encrypt the sensitive pieces of source code. I'm not an expert in that field, but I know Matlab allows encryption of source code files. Almar 2008/10/8 Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch a écrit : On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:44 -0500, skip wrote: Marc

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread James Mills
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch a écrit : On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:59:44 -0500, skip wrote: Though of course there is decompyle to consider, assuming Joe's client is truly paranoid. Simply don't tell the client. All he has

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Paul Boddie
On 8 Okt, 23:50, James Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must point out though that if your client is paranoid for intellectual property reasons (ie: protecting his assets), then you should be aware that even if you can decompile a Python compiled module (or a compiled java class), it's

Re: distributing apps without the Python source?

2008-10-08 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joe Strout wrote: We have a client who's paranoid about distributing the Python source to his commercial app. Commercial is not synonymous with closed source. If he wanted to keep the source closed, Python was a poor choice. You could redo it in C or C++, and