Re: Commercial Products in Python

[Paulo J. Matos]

Sebastian Bassi wrote:

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <pocmatos@gmail .comwrote:

>I was just wondering, if you wish to commercialize an application
>developed in Python, what's the way to go?

>
You choose the conditions. Nothing in Python license prevents you of
selling your work.
>

>I guess the only way is to sell the source, right?

>
No
>

>This is because (and tell me if I am wrong):
>1) You can't sell an executable because Python doesn't compile to native
>code (the usual approach, afaik);

>
There are py2exe utilities to compile Python applications.
>

>2) You can't sell the bytecode, otherwise you get the client stuck with
>a specific python version (given bytecode might vary between versions)
>(the alternative);

>
Never heard of people selling bytecode, but I guess yes, it is tied to
the same version where is was produced.
>

I feel as if you are replying to a question _against_ python. No, this
is definitely not against python. It was just a matter of knowing how
Python commercial applications might be sold. Which would be the best
bet with regards to client ease of installation and running of a python
application.

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