On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:31:50 -0700, Jondy Zhao wrote: > On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 4:08:57 PM UTC+8, alister wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:38:32 -0700, Jondy Zhao wrote: >> >> > On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 1:02:09 PM UTC+8, Chris Angelico >> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Jondy Zhao <jondy.z...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > The loader only can see the compiled scripts as ast nodes, even if >> >> > the load some tools could dump the separated ast node to bytecode >> >> > and de-compile it, think of one script is divided into thousands >> >> > of pieces, it's not easy to assemble them again. >> >> > >> >> > The final solution is to distribute the loader with encrypted >> >> > scripts, only my own loader can run the encrypted scripts. >> >> >> >> So anyone who's going to run your program needs your loader. If >> >> someone wants to redistribute your code, s/he can simply distribute >> >> the loader as well - and you're right back where you started. You >> >> have still achieved nothing in terms of preventing redistribution. >> >> >> >> Please do not do this. Not only are you not achieving the goal you >> >> think you are, you're making a mess for people to have to deal with. >> >> >> >> ChrisA >> > >> > But the loader and the encrypted scripts could be bind to one fixed >> > computer when I distribute them to end users, so the end users can't >> > redistribute them to any other machines. Actually this is what some >> > commercial software does. >> >> Making life difficult for legitimate users whilst causing Pirates minor >> difficulties at best (crack once distribute many).. >> >> Copyright legislation is what provides you with protection if you need >> it >> >> Commercial users do not risk running unlicensed software because of the >> damage a piracy case against them would cause to their business, not >> because they cant get it! > > I agree with you absolutely. Maybe I can show you the purpose of Pyarmor > by the following case: > > When we express a box, we can close this box with a lock, this equals > encrypted scripts, or we just close the box without a lock. Pyarmor is > just as this lock, it make the box more security, but it can not protect > the box completely.
And if the person at the other end looses the key it causes a great deal of trouble. Alternatively the highway man that holds up the delivery truck simply takes a pair of bolt cutters to the lock... yes it stops a casual snooper but that is all -- A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years. -- Harry S. Truman -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list