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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:38:45 +1000
Subject: Re: Creating .exe file in Python
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:17 AM,  <random832@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