From: Geoffrey T. <gta...@na...> - 2003-08-14 17:35:41
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Chad Walstrom wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:40:25AM -0400, Geoffrey Talvola wrote: >> Maybe you're trying to hide the source code by using .pyc files? > > BINGO! He's counting on code obfuscation through bytecode. There's > very few other explainations for this. Now, as to the reasons why > he'd want to obfuscate, there could be a few explainations, but the > most obvious is commercialization of his software. Since the WebWare > copyright license is not GPL, this seems to be a legitimate use of > WebWare. Good luck! Certainly legitimate -- I have no problem with it. But isn't there a tool that decompiles .pyc files? (called Decompyle I believe) If so, then it wouldn't be a very effective method of obfuscation. - Geoff |