Maurice LING <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The idea of having to release the program or library as source files > does ring alarms in many executives in corporate world. Less freezing > the modules (which renders it platform dependent) or using Jython > (which is not possible when C extensions are involved), there is no > middle grounds in CPython for distribution without source codes.
You're right - and byte codes *as they exist now* aren't an acceptable middle ground, either. The problem isn't that the interpreter might change (that can be defeated by distributing the interpreter with the bytecode files), but that the byte code can be decompiled to get your Python source back. See <URL: http://www.crazy-compilers.com/decompyle/ > for an example. Selling byte codes to someone who's worried about shipping source is selling them snake oil. I think it's unprofessional, at best. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
