Commercial Products in Python

[Paulo J. Matos]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2008-10-21, Paulo J. Matos <pocmatos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application
>>> developed in Python, what's the way to go?
>>> I guess the only way is to sell the source, right?
>>>
>>> This is because (and tell me if I am wrong):
>>> 1) You can't sell an executable because Python doesn't compile to native
>>> code (the usual approach, afaik);
>>> 2) You can't sell the bytecode, otherwise you get the client stuck with
>>> a specific python version (given bytecode might vary between versions)
>>> (the alternative);
>> You can bundle bytecode with a minimal Python snapshot into an
>> "application".  Under Windows, it'll be mostly .dll, .zip, and
>> .exe files, so the customer need not know it's Python at all
>> (though it's not hard for an experienced person to figure that
>> out).
>>
> 
> Ah, ok, thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know! :) So, there is an
> automatic way of creating a python 'package' that bundles the source
> code with a Python snapshot! :) Any reference on how to do that?
> 

Question cleared:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/DistributionUtilities

> Thanks,
> 


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