Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-23 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
azrael schrieb: Why don't you give a try to IronPython. I began playin with it yesterday, and as far as I can see, My worries about selling a python application are gone, so far. Why? It's byte-compiled as the CPython code, and needs an explicit interpreter installed. So where is the advantage

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-22 Thread azrael
Why don't you give a try to IronPython. I began playin with it yesterday, and as far as I can see, My worries about selling a python application are gone, so far. On Oct 22, 12:08 pm, Paul Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21 Okt, 19:50, "Paulo J. Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-22 Thread Paul Boddie
On 21 Okt, 19:50, "Paulo J. Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > developed in Python, what's the way to go? See here for some answers: http://wiki.python.org/moin/HowDoYouProtectSource As I've already said a few times when answ

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Banibrata Dutta
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:48 PM, namekuseijin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On 21 out, 15:59, "Sebastian Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > >

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Which of the programs there makes an "real" executable, I mean an executable that can't be reversed engineered in less than 2 minutes ? None. Who cares? I work for a company that produces a C++ application with quite a few embedded license checks. The cracks are available a few hours af

RE: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Delaney, Timothy (Tim)
Paulo J. Matos wrote: > Question cleared: > http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistributionUtilities Another option that we've used in the past was to write the "sensitive" bits in Pyrex/Cython. These get compiled to executable code (a .pyd/DLL on Windows, .so on Unix-like systems). They are tied to the

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Terry Reedy
Paulo J. Matos wrote: Hi all, I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application developed in Python, what's the way to go? I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? Google has done quite well selling the services of programs written in Python (and other languages).

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Erich
On Oct 21, 12:50 pm, "Paulo J. Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > developed in Python, what's the way to go? > I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? > If this application is a Windows app, and can use .Ne

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >>> developed in Python, what's the way to go? >>> I guess the only way i

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Robert Kern
Stef Mientki wrote: Paulo J. Matos wrote: Question cleared: http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistributionUtilities Which of the programs there makes an "real" executable, I mean an executable that can't be reversed engineered in less than 2 minutes ? None of them, most likely. That's not th

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Paulo J. Matos a écrit : Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Paulo J. Matos a écrit : Hi all, I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application developed in Python, what's the way to go? I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? Nope, why ? This is because (and tell me if I

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Stef Mientki
Paulo J. Matos wrote: Paulo J. Matos wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application developed in Python, what's the way to go? I guess the only way is to sell the sou

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Paulo J. Matos
Paulo J. Matos wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >>> developed in Python, what's the way to go? >>> I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? >>> >>

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >developed in Python, what's the way to go? >I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? > >This is because (and tell me if I am wrong): >1)

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Paulo J. Matos
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >> developed in Python, what's the way to go? >> I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? >> >> This is because (and tell me i

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Paulo J. Matos
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Paulo J. Matos a écrit : >> Hi all, >> >> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >> developed in Python, what's the way to go? >> I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? > > Nope, why ? > >> This is because (and tell me if I am wr

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Paulo J. Matos
Sebastian Bassi wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application >> developed in Python, what's the way to go? > > You choose the conditions. Nothing in Python license prevents you of > selling

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Ville M. Vainio
"Paulo J. Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > developed in Python, what's the way to go? > I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? That should be a good way to go about it. It doesn't make it "open source

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > developed in Python, what's the way to go? > I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? > > This is because (and tell me if I am wrong): > 1) You can't

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Paulo J. Matos a écrit : Hi all, I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application developed in Python, what's the way to go? I guess the only way is to sell the source, right? Nope, why ? This is because (and tell me if I am wrong): 1) You can't sell an executable because Py

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread namekuseijin
On 21 out, 15:59, "Sebastian Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > > developed in Python, what's the way to go? > > You choose the conditions. Nothing i

Re: Commercial Products in Python

2008-10-21 Thread Sebastian Bassi
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application > developed in Python, what's the way to go? You choose the conditions. Nothing in Python license prevents you of selling your work. > I guess the only wa