Closed-source, possible?

[Chris S.]

Davis Chord wrote:

> I'm a fairly new Python developer, so I hope that some of my ignorance in
> this area is understandable. :)
> 
> I'm developing an application, and I'm uncertain about releasing it as
> open-source. The main reason I thought about open-source was because ever
> Python program I've seen is, truly. Doh.
> 
> I've heard/seen/used the pyc program that turns your .py files into .pyc
> files, but I'm wondering how easily someone can get to your source from
> these compiled files. If it's not possible to have a portable progam thats'
> source cannot be easily accessed (or at all :P), then open-source is just
> easier.

Google for 'decompyle'. It converts Python byte-code into readable code. 
The most recent version now seems to be proprietary, offered as a 
'service', but you can find old source archives laying around the net.