How protect proprietary Python code? (bytecode obfuscation?, what better?)

[Terry Reedy]

<seberino at spawar.navy.mil> wrote in message 
news:1145293384.791678.14450 at v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> How can a proprietary software developer protect their Python code?
> People often ask me about obfuscating Python bytecode.  They don't want
> people to easily decompile their proprietary Python app.
>
> I suppose another idea is to rewrite entire Python app in C if compiled
> C code
> is harder to decompile.
>
> Any ideas?

Go to Google's newsgroup archives for c.l.p (accessible via google.com) and 
search for some of the numerous past threads on this issue, which give 
several ideas and viewpoints.  There may or may not also be something in 
the Python FAQ or Wiki at python.com.