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Re: DRM is self-defeating (was: Encrypt python files)

Date 2015-05-06 01:24 -0700
From Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
Subject Re: DRM is self-defeating (was: Encrypt python files)
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.163.1430900985.12865.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, May 6, 2015 9:41 AM CEST Ben Finney wrote:

>Palpandi <palpandi111@gmail.com> writes:
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>> On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 12:07:13 PM UTC+5:30, Palpandi wrote:
>
>> > What are the ways to encrypt python files?
>>
>> No, I just want to hide the scripts from others.
>
>Which others? You can hide the scripts from them by never showing those
>others the scripts. If you don't trust a recipient, don't let them
>receive the file.

<snip>

>The only feasible solution is to distribute files only to those
>recipients you want to have them, and can trust to do with them as you
>ask. If you don't trust a recipient, don't hand the files to them.

Can tools like py2exe or cx_freeze also be used to obfuscate python source code?

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Re: DRM is self-defeating (was: Encrypt python files) Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-06 01:24 -0700

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