What matters is that the code is not easily decompiled, and if it is, then almost impossible to read or figure out what the code is doing. The idea is to protect some or all of the code from being stolen, basically. I just used depython.net as an example of how easy it is to get an almost perfect source file from a pyc file.
- [web2py] Protect or Encrypt Source Code Ross Peoples
- [web2py] Re: Protect or Encrypt Source Code Massimo Di Pierro
- [web2py] Re: Protect or Encrypt Source Code Ross Peoples
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- [web2py] Re: Protect or Encrypt Source Code Ross Peoples