Peter Hansen wrote: > Maurice LING wrote: > >> It makes big difference (legally) to if the codes are there and >> someone sees it, to if the codes are locked in some packaged or zipped >> form and someone reverse-engineer it. It is legally as different as if >> you drop money on the ground and I pick it up, to pick-pocketing you >> and take the money. >> >> Nobody seems to be able to understand this simple logic. > > > So you're saying that reverse engineering Java bytecode is illegal, > while doing the same with Python bytecode is not? Or something like > that? (And you're a lawyer, right? Because if you're not, and you're > not citing your sources, why is it we should put any value in these > comments about what is (legally) true?) > > -Peter
I think he's saying that if you distributed your python code as byte-compiled module.pyc or module.pyo form, rather than ascii-text module.py form, it would be harder for a reverse-engineer to say "But I was JUST looking at it!". Especially when the lawyers are involved. Joal Heagney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
