"Fuzzyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Terry Reedy wrote: > > Let's clarify the question: "Dear Python programmers: please tell > > me for free how I can hide my code from you and others like you." > > And categorising their intent in this way
I don't see how this categorises intent at all. It's clarifying what the question means. "Dear Python programmers" -- the message was to comp.lang.python. "please tell me for free" -- they have asked a question, and clearly expect an answer without further remuneration requirements or other payment. "how I can hide my code" -- this is exactly what they've asked. The only thing I can see in there you might object to is the "you and others like you". Here, "you" is "Python programmers". By hiding the source code to their programs, they will hide it from any Python programmers. Any one of their customers may want improvements to the program that they (the author) may not be motivated to work on, for whatever reason. No shame in that -- and no categorisation of intent. The customer can then ask any other Python programmer to make the improvements, offering whatever consideration is agreeable to both parties. If the source code is hidden, its *hidden from the Python programmer* and others like them. Nowhere in this has intent of the author been categorised. It makes clear some of the consequences of the proposed course of action. -- \ "I used to be a narrator for bad mimes." -- Steven Wright | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
