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On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Wesley <nispray@gmail.com> wrote:
> Umm, just wanna make all .py files not human readable.
>
> Or, maybe need a tool like zend in php.

The only reliable way to prevent a customer from reverse-engineering
your software is to not give them the software.  For example, instead
of giving them software containing the critical code that you want to
protect, give them access to a web service running that code, which
you host and control.

This is true no matter what language you're using to write the software.