Commercial Products in Python

[Stef Mientki]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Paulo J. Matos wrote:
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>> Grant Edwards wrote:
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>>> On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <pocmatos at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
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>>>> 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 sell an executable because Python doesn't compile to native
>>>> code (the usual approach, afaik);
>>>> 2) You can't sell the bytecode, otherwise you get the client stuck with
>>>> a specific python version (given bytecode might vary between versions)
>>>> (the alternative);
>>>>         
>>> You can bundle bytecode with a minimal Python snapshot into an
>>> "application".  Under Windows, it'll be mostly .dll, .zip, and
>>> .exe files, so the customer need not know it's Python at all
>>> (though it's not hard for an experienced person to figure that
>>> out).
>>>
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>> Ah, ok, thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know! :) So, there is an
>> automatic way of creating a python 'package' that bundles the source
>> code with a Python snapshot! :) Any reference on how to do that?
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> Question cleared:
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistributionUtilities
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Which of the programs there makes an "real" executable,
I mean an executable that can't be reversed engineered in less than 2 
minutes  ?

cheers,
Stef
>> Thanks,
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