On 2015-09-15, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I you may be underestimating the laziness and overestimating the
>> cleverness of most people. ;)
>
> Heh :) But in that case, you can probably get away with just
> zipimport. Deflation sure isn't encryption, but the code is pretty
> thoroughly concealed anyway.
I agree completely. There are three categories of protection:
1) The program never leaves your computer.
2) Obfuscation to deter the idle curious from mucking about.
3) Put the source code on the interwebs.
In category 2 you find the single-file/directory-app bundlers[1]
(which IIRC mostly use something like zipimport) and various other
"encryption" wrappers. They all provide pretty much the same minimal
"protection".
[1] Most of which are intended to provide ease of distribution and
installation -- the obfuscation is mostly a side-effect.
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