non-readable source code distribution

[Sam Marrocco]

Dan Bishop wrote:
> Sam Marrocco <samSPAMMENOT at twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:<j7l0a.161481$GF.42516563 at twister.columbus.rr.com>...
> 
>>So in "distributing" a python application to people, is there a way to 
>>obfuscate or compile the .py file into something that isn't quite as 
>>readable as a text file? I realize that it may be decompil-able (or 
>>something like that), but I don't want casual users altering the code.
> 
> 
> What's wrong with .pyc?


Well, perhaps I'm missing a step. When I create a python script, the 
modules my main script calls seem to "compile" to pyc files, but the 
main file does *not*. Is there a way for me to pyc-ize the main file as 
well?

Ideally, I'd like to take a program that consists of
mainfile.py
myfirstmodule.py
mysecondmodule.py

and be able to distribute a single, unreadable file called
mypythonapp.pyc

if that's possible?

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