Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-04 Thread Jonathan Hayward, http://JonathansCorner.com
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:43 PM, eliben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Alan G Isaac wrote: > > > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > >> I wouldn't imagine anyone would hesitate borrowing code > >> from a demo because of a lack of license. > > > > It depends on what you mean by "la

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread eliben
Alan G Isaac wrote: > > I read Jonathan's point as being: there is no such > "linking" possibility with such demo scripts. > This indeed is why I questioned the relevance of > the LGPL for such things, earlier on, even though > the LGPL is in principle (and often in practice) > a much more user

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > if you link my module into your code, you won't have to > release your code, I read Jonathan's point as being: there is no such "linking" possibility with such demo scripts. This indeed is why I questioned the relevance of the LGPL for such things, e

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread eliben
JonathansCorner.com wrote: > > I personally regard viral licenses with caution: that is, if the copyright > says, "Don't build on or extend this unless you want your work to be > covered > by my chosen license," I will be extremely cautious about building off of > them. Under the LGPV, if I inc

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread "Jonathan Hayward, http://JonathansCorner.com"
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:43 PM, eliben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Alan G Isaac wrote: > > > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > >> I wouldn't imagine anyone would hesitate borrowing code > >> from a demo because of a lack of license. > > > > It depends on what you mean by "la

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2006/04/13/choosing-an-open-source-license-for-my-code/ > It is not the case that everything that is "code" needs a common license. You may wish to read http://www.scipy.org/License_Compatibility Or not. ;-) But I fin

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread eliben
Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: >> I wouldn't imagine anyone would hesitate borrowing code >> from a demo because of a lack of license. > > It depends on what you mean by "lack of a license". > I think what most people (myself included) would > like to se

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > I wouldn't imagine anyone would hesitate borrowing code > from a demo because of a lack of license. It depends on what you mean by "lack of a license". I think what most people (myself included) would like to see for a demo script is "this file is i

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread eliben
Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: >> http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2008/08/01/matplotlib-with-wxpython-guis/ > > Cool demos: short and to the point. > Alan > PS Even though these are just short demos, > please include a software license. > Otherwise some peop

Re: [Matplotlib-users] more demos of mpl with wxPython

2008-08-01 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, eliben apparently wrote: > http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2008/08/01/matplotlib-with-wxpython-guis/ Cool demos: short and to the point. Alan PS Even though these are just short demos, please include a software license. Otherwise some people will hesitate to even look at them.