obviscating python code for distribution

[Tim Chase]

On 05/15/2011 10:29 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> What is it you think you would gain by obfuscating the code,
> and why is that worthwhile? What evidence do you have that
> code obfuscation would achieve that?

Based on past experience at several employers', the preeminent 
reason for obfuscating is to make it hard for people to see the 
absolutely atrocious coding that takes place behind closed doors. 
  Having seen behind the curtain, every time I hear the 
buzzword(s) "enterprise software", I now equate that with 
"shovelware pushed out the door driven by a marketing agenda 
rather than customer needs; held together by baling wire and 
string; lacking test-suites, UI testing, or attention to failure 
conditions; random hit-or-miss deployment processes; usually a 
lack of decent revision control; etc".

-tkc