Creating .exe file in Python

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 10:38:45 EDT 2015


On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:17 AM,  <random832 at fastmail.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015, at 09:33, hamilton wrote:
>> However, the python source can be read by anyone.
>>
>> As a .exe, the source can not be read.
>>
>> Just because the interpreter is open source,
>> does not mean my application should be.
>
> Being readable isn't the same thing as being open source. If someone
> steals your application, you can sue them.

Right, though most people who look at obscuring their code are more
concerned with making it impossible (as opposed to illegal) to see the
source. And that's the one that doesn't work.

ChrisA



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