On 01/16/2014 05:09 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Sam <lightai...@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to protect my python source code. It need not be foolproof as long 
as it adds inconvenience to pirates.

Is it possible to protect python source code by compiling it to .pyc or .pyo? 
Does .pyo offer better protection?

No and no.

Distribute your code with a copyright notice, accept that a few people
will rip you off, and have done with it.

Yes.  One of the nice things about Python is being able to fix bugs myself [1].

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[1] Yes, I file upstream bug reports.  :)
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