Openbazaar python launcher

new pull request after 1st round of reviews.
Thanks @Renelvon this has the merged changes from your repo.

(@Renelvon I kept that REVERT commit you put there as I'm not sure I understood what was right or wrong about it, I figured it'd be easier to fix here now)
The two cases of the `if` are almost identical save for some arguments. The code should bare that out. Anyway, I 'll fix it afterwards.