bytecode non-backcompatibility
Maurice LING
mauriceling at acm.org
Wed Apr 27 18:39:06 EDT 2005
Terry Reedy wrote:
> I doubt anyone disputes that upgrades are more hassle than we would like.
> My main point was that freezing CPython's technology is not the solution.
> Any other upgrade helper that you can contribute will be welcome.
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> Terry J. Reedy
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So there is no way of releasing a close-source application written in
Python?
Forget about reverse engineering or decompiling, things like EU Council
Directive, Berne Convention , and legislation of individual countries
are to be used and argued for handling what decompilation is allowed or
not allowed. It does make a difference between looking at the codes
when it is given and performing an act of decompilation to look at the
codes. As mentioned in one of my postings, it may be analogous to the
difference between you dropping some cash on the ground and I take it,
and I performing the act of pickpocketing and take your money.
I am not advocating close source in any sense and I believe the choice
of open or close source distribution is individual's and corporate's rights.
Cheers
Maurice
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