Re: Commercial Products in Python

[Paulo J. Matos]

Sebastian Bassi wrote:

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paulo J. Matos <po******@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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