How protect proprietary Python code? (bytecode obfuscation?, what better?)

[Serge Orlov]

seberino at spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> How can a proprietary software developer protect their Python code?
> People often ask me about obfuscating Python bytecode.  They don't want
> people to easily decompile their proprietary Python app.
>
> I suppose another idea is to rewrite entire Python app in C if compiled
> C code
> is harder to decompile.
>
> Any ideas?

Shuffle opcode values in random order, recompile Python, recompile
stdlib, recompile py2exe (or whatever you use for bundling). It will
keep attacker busy for several hours