Chad Walstrom wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:40:25AM -0400, Geoffrey Talvola wrote:
>> Maybe you're trying to hide the source code by using .pyc files?
> 
> BINGO!  He's counting on code obfuscation through bytecode.  There's
> very few other explainations for this.  Now, as to the reasons why
> he'd want to obfuscate, there could be a few explainations, but the
> most obvious is commercialization of his software.  Since the WebWare
> copyright license is not GPL, this seems to be a legitimate use of
> WebWare.  Good luck!

Certainly legitimate -- I have no problem with it.  But isn't there a tool
that decompiles .pyc files?  (called Decompyle I believe)  If so, then it
wouldn't be a very effective method of obfuscation.

- Geoff


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