Python Shareware?

[Brian Quinlan]

Will wrote:
> So the notion that there is already a water-tight business model in
> shareware is a delusion. I suspect anybody who has written shareware
> for any length of time is dispelled of it. Where somebody is
> sufficiently new at it to believe the delusion, they will invest
lots
> of energy looking for ways to "secure" their code. As was pointed
out
> in earlier responses, this is really futile if "pirates" are
> sufficiently motivated.

We are way off the beaten path here...but oh well.

The guys at Ambrosia (www.ambrosiasw.com) have been successfully
distributing shareware for years. And judging by the pictures of their
president driving around in his hummer, they are doing ok.