Question about exporting Python

[buran]

How to do this? Can the interpreter be included in one binary file along with the application or does this have to be separate? How to do this if you were to do it either way?

pynsist

Why would you do this? Are there any advantages? I thought that compiling would be better than interpreting for distributions.. no?

advantages and disadvantages. What I mean - there are alternatives - find what suit you best for every particular case. i.e. my point is - I don't say compiling is bad or unpopular. Just that it's not mandatory when distribute code.

Lot of big companies use Python and they need not be open source, because they are a business after all. So how do they use Python? Do they compile Python or do they use it backend at their servers or something?

As I said - when one is motivated software can be cracked - there are tons of commercial software available online for free. I don't say it is good to violate license and there might be risks, e.g. viruses, malware, etc. The point is - there is no guarantee. You may try other methods, e.g. code obfuscation. It may make it more difficult to understand the code, but no guarantees that it will prevent copyright infringements.

I'm confused.. decompile the .exe? How?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2731...e-assembly
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6287...-by-py2exe

these are just an examples, you can google further - https://www.google.com/search?q=decompil...python+exe

Oh really I didn't know about that! What OS have Python in them by default?

Linux - comes with both python 2 and python 3 preinstalled. In fact Linux OS is running on python2

Same for MacOS, but it comes with just python 2.

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Lot of big companies use Python and they need not be open source, because they are a business after all. So how do they use Python? Do they compile Python or do they use it backend at their servers or something?

What you are asking is how they monetize. Of course every company choose their own path, but even open-source software can generate revenue. Just under different model. for example you may offer outstanding for-payment priority support 24/7, on-the-premises training, certification for experts, etc. Also if you make it free for personal use, but paid for commercial - the most companies would buy license instead of violating the law and terms. Yes, there will be also companies that will not pay, but you get the point.
For example - Linux is open source, yet there are paid commercial distros