Trying to license and protect some software I created

[ghost]

I'm looking for ways to encrypt my code, compile it and lock it to a user's computer. Will I also be able to compile my script into an exe without a problem even if I use your encryption?

[Falldog]

@jimmycorkhill pyconcrete Apache License is fine for commercial use, so there is no problem. :)

[ghost]

Sorry, I mean license as in serial codes and license keys.

I am selling some software for a game, but there will be attempts to hack it and distribute it for free.

I'm attempting to lock the script to a single user's PC and I want to stop the software being easily reverse-engineered.

Does pyconcrete compile to .exe at all?

[Falldog]

pyconcrete doesn't support the function currently. Short term, you could try on compile .exe by yourself. Reference Embedded python

Compile .exe in embedded python. The source .c maybe look like below

#include <Python.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);  /* optional but recommended */
  Py_Initialize();
  PyRun_SimpleString("import pyconcrete\n"
                     "import src\n"
                     "src.main()\n");
  Py_Finalize();
  return 0;
}

Long term, pyconcrete may include this feature in setup.py

[Falldog]

Hi @jimmycorkhill You can use new pyconcrete executable file to distribute different license key (pyconcrete) to customers