restore sources from PYC [Q]

Christopher Petrilli petrilli at trump.amber.org
Fri Apr 16 15:57:14 EDT 1999


Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw at cnri.reston.va.us> wrote:

>>>>>> "CP" == Christopher Petrilli <petrilli at trump.amber.org> writes:

>     CP> Seriously, this is a non-event that people use to spread FUD,
>     CP> but it exists in all languages.  The simplicity with which it
>     CP> can be done changes, but it's never more than a freshman
>     CP> college project.

> Which is why almost every binary license I've ever stayed awake to
> fully read includes text like "you may not decompile, disassemble,
> reverse-engineer" blah, blah, blah! :-)

Get a life, Barry ;-)

Seriously, this is exactly the situation... in fact many companies put 
some bizarre constructions in their code so they can prove in court that
someone "stole" the code...

	"Judge, no sane person would use a bubble sort!" ;-)

Chris
-- 
| Christopher Petrilli                      ``Television is bubble-gum for
| petrilli at amber.org                          the mind.''-Frank Lloyd Wright




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