Re: Simple prototype text editor in python
Thanks for everyones advice. I finally went for a very basic BSD style template that I found somewhere. Its really short and easy to understand, at least to me! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Simple prototype text editor in python
Robert Kern wrote: > thakadu wrote: >>Regarding the license I have not yet decided what type >>of license (if any, since its very few lines of code) but probably >>will be GPL or BSD style. I have no former experience in >>licensing code so any suggestions will be welcome there as well. I've heard the MIT license (a BSD-style license) is a well-written (legally) license that makes clear you still get credit, don't get particular blame for ill side-effects, and allows others to use and modify. I personally like this style for Python code, since that is the way Python was handed to me. The GPL and LGPL are good alternatives if you believe in forcing others to pen their code in exchange for using yours. Pick carefully there. I'd suggest that picking from the above is the most useful, picking from the larger range of "well-known" licenses is second best, and writing your own is worst. You might even write "all rights reserved; write me for a particular case" and get about the same response that writing your own will get. The reason for this ordering is that the MIT, LGPL, and GPL are all licenses that are well-understood by most programmers, so they needn't go into "reading like a lawyer" mode to think about whether they can use things based on your code. The more work they have to do, the less likely they will even look at your code (if they behave anything like me). --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Simple prototype text editor in python
Thanks Robert I have packaged it up with distutils and included the license in the README.txt file. I think I am missing something as I have only seen a place (under submissions) on http://python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=submit_form to submit the PKG_INFO file, or to submit a url manually but nowhere to actually upload the distribution file. (the tar.gz file) Am I looking in the wrong place? Or is it acceptable to post a .tar.gz file in place of the PKG_INFO file? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Simple prototype text editor in python
thakadu wrote: > Hi Viktor > > At the moment I dont have any web site where I can > upload it. Do you or anyone have any suggestions or > know of any web sites where one can post python code? > If not please email me and I will send you the code by email. If you package it with distutils, then you can upload the source distribution automatically to PyPI: http://python.org/pypi > Regarding the license I have not yet decided what type > of license (if any, since its very few lines of code) but probably > will be GPL or BSD style. I have no former experience in > licensing code so any suggestions will be welcome there as well. > (For one, do you know if simply stating somewhere in the > code "This is licensed under blah blah" is sufficient > to consider the code licensed?) Perhaps, but you really should include the full license text somewhere. Since your code is so short, then I highly recommend using a short, permissive license. It does no one any good to attach a license that's longer than the program itself. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Simple prototype text editor in python
Hi Viktor At the moment I dont have any web site where I can upload it. Do you or anyone have any suggestions or know of any web sites where one can post python code? If not please email me and I will send you the code by email. Regarding the license I have not yet decided what type of license (if any, since its very few lines of code) but probably will be GPL or BSD style. I have no former experience in licensing code so any suggestions will be welcome there as well. (For one, do you know if simply stating somewhere in the code "This is licensed under blah blah" is sufficient to consider the code licensed?) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Simple prototype text editor in python
Hello, > If anyone is interested in the > code or in giving some ideas or indeed has done something > similar I would love to heard from you. I'm interested in your code, since I'm going to learn ncurses. Please upload your code to a WEB page and post the link to python-announce (if you like your code GPL'd or python licensed). If you like to experience 3D programming besides curses in python with only few lines of code, just try it: http://www.vpython.org VPython supports 3D stereo with color glasses too. ;-) You can use VPython to easily visualize vector math, etc... Thanks in advance, Viktor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
