Haven't bought & watched this myself, but this Disney/EA guy has a 15min tut out that claims to explain how to obfuscate a Maya Python API plugin. Feels a bit weird they're asking $15 for such a short thing, but might be worth checking out: http://www.cgcircuit.com/course/lock-your-python-code
Phew, finally. 1.4.0 released. More info in my blog post: http://nixes.ru/?p=568 Thanks, but that also requires to compile it for each maya version... I decided to release it with source code, and only protect with a license agreement, to make it easier compatible with different Maya versions without the need to compile it…
Wow, asking $15 for that............ not cool. Yeah, maybe the variable names are minified in a .pyc but I assume it wouldn't be that hard to decompile, never tried myself. I had not heard of making C++ plugins that just run a Python string though, neat!
Yes, it is based on nHair, which is only available in Maya. But you can simulate animation in Maya and bring it into MotionBuilder, you can even achieve a robust workflow using dynamic link between two programs. I'm sorry, there is no trial, though I did not hear any complaints from customers yet, except for it's…