Can copyright be applied python scripts?

[tim777]

Can copyright be applied to python scripts?

[buran]

the real question is how you will enforce it and is it worth the efforts?
i.e. it's up to you under what license terms you will distribute your work (i.e. that's legal matter)

[metulburr]

You can put any license terms you want on your scripts. Like buran said, the trouble of enforcing it is usually not worth it. Anything can be reversed engineered. Even Windows exe files can be tapped into. But python's are much easier to break into as it was never intended to be closed software.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2616...ython-code

[DeaD_EyE]

You can work with importlib.ressources, which is not so painful.

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources    
λ tree /F                                         
Auflistung der Ordnerpfade                        
Volumeseriennummer : 6CC1-07AC                    
C:.                                               
│   test.py                                       
│   test.spec                                     
│                                                 
└───data                                          
        test1.txt                                 
        test2.txt                                 
        test3.txt                                 
        __init__.py                               
                                                  

test.py

from importlib import resources
import data # <- import of package with data files


with resources.path(data, 'test1.txt') as p:
    print(p, type(p)) # <- pathlib object
    print(p.read_text())
    

print(resources.read_text(data, 'test2.txt'))
print(resources.read_text(data, 'test3.txt'))

test.spec

# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-                        
                                                              
block_cipher = None                                           
                                                              
                                                              
a = Analysis(['test.py'],                                     
             pathex=['.'],                                    
             binaries=[],                                     
             datas=[                                          
                ('data/test1.txt', 'data'),                   
                ('data/test2.txt', 'data'),                   
                ('data/test3.txt', 'data'),                   
             ],                                               
             hiddenimports=[],                                
             hookspath=[],                                    
             runtime_hooks=[],                                
             excludes=[],                                     
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,                   
             win_private_assemblies=False,                    
             cipher=block_cipher,                             
             noarchive=False)                                 
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,                              
             cipher=block_cipher)                             
exe = EXE(pyz,                                                
          a.scripts,                                          
          a.binaries,                                         
          a.zipfiles,                                         
          a.datas,                                            
          [],                                                 
          name='test',                                        
          debug=False,                                        
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,                    
          strip=False,                                        
          upx=True,                                           
          upx_exclude=[],                                     
          runtime_tmpdir=None,                                
          console=True )                                      
                                                              

The variable datas must be edited to copy non-python files into the executable file.
Running the creation of exe-file:

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Output:
λ pyinstaller.exe test.spec                                                                                                                          
49 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.5                                                                                                                            
49 INFO: Python: 3.7.4                                                                                                                               
49 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0                                                                                                         
59 INFO: UPX is not available.                                                                                                                       
59 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths                                                                                                             
['C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\example_with_ressources',                                                                                               
 'C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\example_with_ressources']                                                                                               
59 INFO: checking Analysis                                                                                                                           
59 INFO: Building Analysis because Analysis-00.toc is non existent                                                                                   
59 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...                                                                                                     
59 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...                                                                                                          
59 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...                                                                                                              
2122 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-00.toc                                                                                                          
2132 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable                                                      
  required by c:\program files\python37\python.exe                                                                                                   
2958 INFO: Caching module hooks...                                                                                                                   
2958 INFO: Analyzing test.py                                                                                                                         
3011 INFO: Loading module hooks...                                                                                                                   
3011 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-encodings.py"...                                                                                                
3071 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pydoc.py"...                                                                                                    
3071 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.py"...                                                                                                      
3228 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs                                                                                                                   
3228 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...                                                                                                              
3238 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries                                                                                                             
4628 INFO: Looking for eggs                                                                                                                          
4628 INFO: Using Python library c:\program files\python37\python37.dll                                                                               
4628 INFO: Found binding redirects:                                                                                                                  
[]                                                                                                                                                   
4638 INFO: Warnings written to C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources\build\test\warn-test.txt                                               
4658 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources\build\test\xref-test.html                                 
4668 INFO: Appending 'datas' from .spec                                                                                                              
4678 INFO: checking PYZ                                                                                                                              
4678 INFO: Building PYZ because PYZ-00.toc is non existent                                                                                           
4678 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources\build\test\PYZ-00.pyz                                           
5029 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources\build\test\PYZ-00.pyz completed successfully.                   
5038 INFO: checking PKG                                                                                                                              
5038 INFO: Building PKG because PKG-00.toc is non existent                                                                                           
5038 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg                                                                                                        
6165 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg completed successfully.                                                                                
6165 INFO: Bootloader C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit\run.exe                      
6165 INFO: checking EXE                                                                                                                              
6165 INFO: Building EXE because EXE-00.toc is non existent                                                                                           
6165 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc                                                                                                              
6165 INFO: Appending archive to EXE C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources\dist\test.exe                                                     
6241 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc completed successfully.   

Result:

Output:
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\example_with_ressources
λ dist\test.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI110682\data\test1.txt <class 'pathlib.WindowsPath'>
test
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