closed source

[Michael Geary]

> Milos Prudek:
> > is it technically possible to distribute a python project as a closed
> > source, i.e. encrypted?
> >
> > I believe that *.pyc files do not work without *.py sources... and
> > they can be easily decompiled.

Alan James Salmoni:
> I don't know if this is suitable for your project, but if (IIRC) you
> use Jython, you can byte-compile the code which will run as a Java
> application, but will be hard for anyone else to work out (it's not
> impossible of course, it just takes a lot of work).

That will certainly do the trick... as long as no one clicks here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=java+decompiler

-Mike