Python obfuscation

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Tue Nov 15 15:04:55 EST 2005


"Ben Sizer" <kylotan at gmail.com> writes:
>> But we can be
>> explicit if you want: How do you do that without requiring that your
>> software be given special consideration in the distaster recovery and
>> preparedness planning?
> I should state that I am not at all claiming a "one size fits all"
> policy for software development. Firstly, from a personal point of view
> I am talking about simple consumer entertainment software which is not
> mission critical or anything like it. For more important software,
> there will surely be different expectations and requirements. In my
> case, providing a free download of any lost executables or data upon
> presentation of a legitimate license key should be adequate.

In other words, you don't do that at all. My special handling for such
things - and *especially* for entertainment software, where the media
gets handled by children - is "Return that POS." Worse yet, you play
semantic games so you can claim not to be violating fair use rights in
the process.

    <mike
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