Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
I don't agree with 99.9%, but the majority of Flash sites are done poorly. Mine is certainly sub-optimal, :) 1. Loss of back button Isn't this really a myth? A page with a time dimension, be it Flash, HTML/JS or whatever, breaks the back button. A page without a time dimension doesn't break

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
Perhaps the my question should be this, and don't get me wrong, I REALLY like Python. Perhaps Python is not a great language to focus on for someone with a strong interest in Flash and little interest in HTML? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Paul Rubin
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for the blind issue,that makes no sense to me. Is the suggestion that we should give up using images in web sites since some people can't see them. Might as well throw out the use of the img tag while we are at it? Img tags should always have alt text

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Blair P. Houghton
Sybren Stuvel wrote: Heiko Wundram enlightened us with: And: the web is a platform to offer _information_. Not to offer shiny graphics/sound [...] Many would disagree... Not me, but I know a lot of people that would. I would. Most people would, once they realize that shiny/flashy is

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread dingbat
SamFeltus wrote: Here is a visual argument, http://samfeltus.com/swf/contact_globes.swf Here's a text-based argument. If I search Golge for gardener, Athens, GA then Google's spiders won't have recorded your contact page. So I don't find you as a local gardener, so I don't hire you for my

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Edward Elliott
SamFeltus wrote: 1. Loss of back button Isn't this really a myth? A page with a time dimension, be it Flash, HTML/JS or whatever, breaks the back button. A page without a time dimension doesn't break the back button. Should we now and forever more give up the time dimension to avoid

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
This has all been very helpful. I've been struggling for awhile on which direction to go with computer programming. I realize the problem with HTML and the P language family is that although it makes sense to me, it doesn't really resonate with my perspective. Flash definitely does. I finally

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Sybren Stuvel
SamFeltus enlightened us with: 1. Loss of back button Isn't this really a myth? No, it isn't a myth. Pressing the back button is the action second most performed in a browser, clicking a link being the first. People want to go back from where they came. A page with a time dimension, be it

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Paul Rubin
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am uncomfortable with the seperating of the code from the visual/time element, as well as the lack of emphasis on the visual/time element. Maybe you should buy a camcorder and make movies, instead of doing web sites. I am not a big Perl/PHP fan, I find

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
Nah, the world needs more Flashy WebSites, :) But I do renounce my uglier criticisms of HTML. I realize now it is just a completely different mindset, not a bad technology. Python is far easier than PHP IMO. Especially if there is minimal HTML, I mostly just want to get at a database and

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Roel Schroeven
Sybren Stuvel schreef: SamFeltus enlightened us with: 1. Loss of back button Isn't this really a myth? No, it isn't a myth. Pressing the back button is the action second most performed in a browser, clicking a link being the first. People want to go back from where they came. I don't even

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
Don't worry, you won't have to look if it makes you feel dirty... :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread Ben Finney
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I do find it interesting that Flash folks readily will acknowledge that Flash has shortcomings, yet anti-Flash folks seem to have great difficulty acknowledging Flash's positive features over HTML. Such situations always make me suspicious Ludditism is at

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-22 Thread SamFeltus
I find it tiresome that Flash apologists believe technical advantages can overcome a need for open, community-driven, vendor-independent standards. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread foxtree
None of you seem to know what you are talking about. Flash should be used where one needs to use Flash, and HTML/JS/CSS (+XML+XSLT) likewise. Flash can play video. That is not possible w/ HTML/CSS/JS. Flash also behaves consistently cross-browser, cross/platform -- and most features cannot be

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Ben Finney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Flash is like a 2 MB download that works in almost *every* browser out there. Except all the browsers on platforms Macromedia have not chosen to support. And no-one else can implement it on those platforms, except by guessing about the closed implementation

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread SamFeltus
I am in agreement that open standards are better. I also wish the open standards bodies would work more creatively, to bring us the most advanced standards, and not some echo of yesterdays technology. But, too me, saying No Flash is saying No Source if not Open Source. But, for me, it is better

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Sybren Stuvel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: None of you seem to know what you are talking about. That's not a way to make friends. I very well know what I'm talking about. None of the issues I've raised are negated by what you say, so every single one still stands. Flash also behaves consistently

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Roel Schroeven
SamFeltus schreef: Here is a visual argument, I would love to see a list of AJAX and SVG sites that display excellent graphics. http://bacardimojito.com/main.swf http://tokyoplastic.com/LF.swf http://coolbreathpower.com/ http://www.peterjoel.com/flash8previews/candleFlame.html

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Edward Elliott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flash also behaves consistently cross-browser, cross/platform -- and features cannot be disabled by the user. ^^ And that's a good thing? Maybe for Macromedia, not for us. This smells like astroturf. Flash can load and play

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Edward Elliott
Roel Schroeven wrote: SamFeltus schreef: Here is a visual argument, I would love to see a list of AJAX and SVG sites that display excellent graphics. [snip] In my humble opinion, those sites are an argument _against_ the use of Flash on websites. They may look pretty (I don't think they

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread SamFeltus
Hmmm... It is interesting how something is terrible to one person, and great to another, and vice versa. I keep trying to understand why people like HTML/JS, I don't think I am gonna understand. I guess for better or worse, Flash is a very different mindset and approach to the web. Oh well, I

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Luis M. González
IMHO, there's nothing more annoying that a website showing me a progression bar, indicating how much time it will get to provide the information I'm looking for... And when the progression bar ends, I have to wait until the flashy graphics and stupid presentation shows me the go to html site... I

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread Ben Finney
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I keep trying to understand why people like HTML/JS, I don't think I am gonna understand. It's fairly simple: HTML, CSS and JavaScript have all been standardised independent of any single corporation, and are freely implementable, resulting in competing free

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-21 Thread SamFeltus
As a final thought, seperate from the whole open source/search issue, which has obvious merit, it does seem Flash has many excellent ideas as a language/tool for creating/expressing non written ideas that are lacking in the HTML world. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-19 Thread Florian Diesch
bruno at modulix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SamFeltus wrote: I am trying to figure out why so little web development in Python uses Flash as a display technology. It seems most Python applications choose HTML/CSS/JS as the display technology, yet Flash is a far more powerful and elegant

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-19 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Florian Diesch enlightened us with: - Flash is a proprietary technology requiring a proprietary plugin. There seem to be at least two free implementations: But the website of OP together with the websites of many other people are incompatible with those, since they require the latest and

Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread SamFeltus
I am trying to figure out why so little web development in Python uses Flash as a display technology. It seems most Python applications choose HTML/CSS/JS as the display technology, yet Flash is a far more powerful and elegant display technology. On the other hand, HTML/JS seems clunky and

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Heiko Wundram
Am Donnerstag 18 Mai 2006 08:51 schrieb SamFeltus: I am trying to figure out why so little web development in Python uses Flash as a display technology. It seems most Python applications choose HTML/CSS/JS as the display technology, yet Flash is a far more powerful and elegant display

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Heiko Wundram enlightened us with: And: the web is a platform to offer _information_. Not to offer shiny graphics/sound [...] Many would disagree... Not me, but I know a lot of people that would. Sybren -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a capital

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Sybren Stuvel
SamFeltus enlightened us with: I am trying to figure out why so little web development in Python uses Flash as a display technology. There are a couple of reasons: - Flash is bad for websites that are 100% done inside the Flash movie. In such a case the back-button doesn't work

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread bruno at modulix
SamFeltus wrote: I am trying to figure out why so little web development in Python uses Flash as a display technology. It seems most Python applications choose HTML/CSS/JS as the display technology, yet Flash is a far more powerful and elegant display technology. On the other hand, HTML/JS

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It seems most Python applications choose HTML/CSS/JS as the display technology, These are open, freely-implementable, non-proprietary standards controlled by standards bodies. yet Flash is a far more powerful and elegant display technology. This is a

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread SamFeltus
I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their rear ends and bring some decent cross platform graphics capabilities to

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread SamFeltus
I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their rear ends and bring some decent cross platform graphics capabilities to

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread bruno at modulix
SamFeltus wrote: I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. 1. artistic != animated. 2. the web has mostly been designed for text-based content. Perhaps the

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Sybren Stuvel
SamFeltus enlightened us with: I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. You don't need Flash to be artistic. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread John Salerno
SamFeltus wrote: I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Personally, I always heave a big sigh of resignation when I'm on a site that uses Flash, because I

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Paul Rubin
SamFeltus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their rear ends and bring some decent

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Heiko Wundram
Am Donnerstag 18 Mai 2006 16:09 schrieb SamFeltus: I guess there isn't much to understand. Sure, there's a lot to understand here. What I guess you can't come to terms with is the fact that the web (hell, the whole Internet) isn't designed for Windows personal computers only, but for a whole

Re: Python - Web Display Technology

2006-05-18 Thread Paul Boddie
SamFeltus wrote: I guess there isn't much to understand. If you are satisfied with a text based, static image web, that is light on artistic possabilities, all that HTML stuff is acceptable. Perhaps the HTML/JS group will even get off their rear ends and bring some decent cross platform

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-18 Thread John Salerno
walterbyrd wrote: I emailed them, they say they have mod_python. Hi. I was just wondering if you been able to use mod_python at Dollar Hosting. I'm having some trouble with it. The handlers don't seem to be set up correctly and I've been in contact with the administrators, but they aren't

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-12 Thread John Salerno
John Salerno wrote: walterbyrd wrote: And they have mod_python. You sure about that? I've learned to be skeptical, because a lot of hosts don't even seem to understand the difference between supporting Python (which in reality is just CGI for them) and mod_python. In fact, I've even

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-11 Thread Simon Brunning
On 9 Apr 2006 11:31:38 -0700, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.python-hosting.com/ I haven't used them myself, but recent research that I did made them look like good candidates. Python-Hosting.com is run by Remi Delon, author of CherryPy, so you'll be getting your support (should

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-11 Thread walterbyrd
I emailed them, they say they have mod_python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-11 Thread walterbyrd
I emailed them, they say they have mod_python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-10 Thread walterbyrd
John Salerno wrote: I was testing out http://www.devisland.net/ and it's pretty nice. They installed the latest versions of Python, mod_python and mysqldb at my request, and support was good. Only real problem is it's too expensive for the space you get (about $5/month for 100MB), but you said

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-10 Thread walterbyrd
John Salerno wrote: I was testing out http://www.devisland.net/ and it's pretty nice. They installed the latest versions of Python, mod_python and mysqldb at my request, and support was good. Only real problem is it's too expensive for the space you get (about $5/month for 100MB), but you said

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-10 Thread John Salerno
walterbyrd wrote: And they have mod_python. You sure about that? I've learned to be skeptical, because a lot of hosts don't even seem to understand the difference between supporting Python (which in reality is just CGI for them) and mod_python. In fact, I've even been told that a host

Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-09 Thread walterbyrd
I don't need that much web space. I don't need Zope/Plone. But, I want a site that offers more than just CGI. And I would like support for recent Python releases. Price is an issue, that's one reason I've been reluctant to use python for web-sites, hosting seems to be more expensive than with

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-09 Thread tellarite
http://www.westhost.com/ You get a virtual private server with them, so you can install whatever you want. cheap too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-09 Thread Steve
http://www.python-hosting.com/ I haven't used them myself, but recent research that I did made them look like good candidates. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best Python web-hosting?

2006-04-09 Thread John Salerno
walterbyrd wrote: I don't need that much web space. I don't need Zope/Plone. But, I want a site that offers more than just CGI. And I would like support for recent Python releases. Price is an issue, that's one reason I've been reluctant to use python for web-sites, hosting seems to be

Is there anything like ASP.NET for Python web apps ?

2006-02-17 Thread rytoy
That is dragging web 'controls' to the page in design mode, binding controls to datasources, and writing code for events like page_load or button1_click ? I need to write a few small cross-platform, data-driven web apps (and I really hate J2EE...) --

Re: Is there anything like ASP.NET for Python web apps ?

2006-02-17 Thread Ravi Teja
If what you want is a web IDE that supports visual development, no standalone Python IDE has such support. But you can use Python in IDEs that do support these features. 1.) ActiveGrid (http://www.activegrid.com/) - closest visual web IDE where Python is a first class member. 2.) Use ASP.NET with

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-27 Thread Pierre Quentel
Yes, there is a clear winner : python zope = 3.950.000 Pierre -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-25 Thread UrsusMaximus
think, no, trend, no clear winner (other than Rails;-))) Python web frameworks, for the love of God, UNITE Ron Stephens -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-25 Thread UrsusMaximus
One last comment: This will work, I think, if and only if the Consolidating framework, the one to be used to absorb the other(s) best aspects, makes immediate and up-front, highly visible concession(s) so as to clearly communicate a win-win scenario. --

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-23 Thread Paul Rubin
Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RMS has said precisely the opposite, in fact. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/11/msg00217.html I guess you mean: [RMS:] As for the more general question, we think that a program that uses Emacs facilities needs to be GPL-covered, but a program

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Richie Hindle
[Paul] The web app gets run by Karrigell like a CGI script is run by Apache, like a Linux app is run by the Linux kernel. Paul, you keep making comparisons between Python web frameworks and the Linux kernel. Are you aware that there is a special note attached to the Linux GPL[1] explaining

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Rubin
Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul, you keep making comparisons between Python web frameworks and the Linux kernel. Are you aware that there is a special note attached to the Linux GPL[1] explaining that user-space code is not considered a derived work of the Linux kernel? Without

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On 20 Dec 2005 15:05:15 -0800, Michael Tobis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Python people don't really think that way. As a community we really seem to inherit the open source dysfunction of trying harder to impress each other than to reach out to the rest of the world. The problem is Yes;

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Ed Singleton
On 22/12/05, A.M. Kuchling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20 Dec 2005 15:05:15 -0800, Michael Tobis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Python people don't really think that way. As a community we really seem to inherit the open source dysfunction of trying harder to impress each other than to

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:05:08 +, Ed Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes; I've long worried about this, but have no idea how to fix the problem. Python users largely talk to other Python users, not to the world at large. A good start would be for there to be a way for newbies

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Ed Singleton
On 22/12/05, A.M. Kuchling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:05:08 +, Ed Singleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes; I've long worried about this, but have no idea how to fix the problem. Python users largely talk to other Python users, not to the world at large.

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Kent Johnson
A.M. Kuchling wrote: On 20 Dec 2005 15:05:15 -0800, Michael Tobis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Python people don't really think that way. As a community we really seem to inherit the open source dysfunction of trying harder to impress each other than to reach out to the rest of the world.

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On 21 Dec 2005 13:53:55 -0800, Pierre Quentel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add some more confusion to the discussion, here is what I've found about other web frameworks : CherryPy : BSD Django : BSD Jonpy : Python licence Quixote : CNRI Skunkweb : GPL or BSD Snakelets : MIT Subway : ? +

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Jeff Rush
Kent Johnson wrote: Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: The only problem with KARRIGELL, I guess, is that its creator is very humble and doesn't like to advertise his creature. He is not very fond of marketing ... From my point of view the biggest problem with Karrigell is that it is released

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Rubin
Jeff Rush [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Your only solution would be a proprietary license that states you purchased this program and don't have the right to pass it on to others, similar to ActiveState or somesuch. It sounds like that's what Kent wants to do with the apps that he's building.

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Robert Kern
Paul Rubin wrote: Jeff Rush [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Your only solution would be a proprietary license that states you purchased this program and don't have the right to pass it on to others, similar to ActiveState or somesuch. It sounds like that's what Kent wants to do with the apps that

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-22 Thread Robert Kern
Paul Rubin wrote: Hmmm. I seem to remember RMS saying that the GPL didn't extend to Emacs Lisp functions that the user writes, even though those call various built-in Emacs functions, as long as they use the documented API. Those certainly run in the same address space as Emacs. This is

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Steve Holden
Kent Johnson wrote: Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: I don't think Pierre (Karrigell's creator) is awared of licenses and legal issues. Perhaps you can tell us what's the problem with GPL and, if possible, propose an alternative... OK I'll try. First let me say I have no interest in a licensing

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However the work I do is commercial and proprietary and I doubt I could get approval to release it under GPL. I see the GPL is a problem in this environment, and you are clearly aware of the issues it raises. Do be aware, though, that not all GPL

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Pierre Quentel
Hello all, I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one would you advice : BSD ? Python licence ? another ?

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Pierre Quentel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one would you advice : BSD

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Steve Holden
Paul Rubin wrote: Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However the work I do is commercial and proprietary and I doubt I could get approval to release it under GPL. I see the GPL is a problem in this environment, and you are clearly aware of the issues it raises. Do be aware, though, that

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Indeed. But most software authors aren't lawyers and aren't likely to trust their own judgment about these matters unless the situation is pretty unambiguous. I suspect this may be evidence that Microsoft's viral propaganda has had some effect. Hmm,

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Pierre Quentel
I definitely don't want to invent another licence, there are enough of them already ! Pierre -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Sizer
Paul Rubin wrote: Pierre Quentel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately, that doesn't really satisfy the GPL's concerns. The work arguably contains or is derived from Karrigell, I don't see that. The web app gets run by Karrigell like a CGI script is run by Apache, like a Linux app is run by the Linux kernel. The

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Richie Hindle
[Pierre] I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one would you advice : BSD ? Python licence ? another ?

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A good solution would be multiple-licensing. You state that the code is (for example) triple-licensed under the GPL, LGPL and BSD licenses. The user of your code decides which license to obey. It's no more work for you, and you can please almost

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Steve Holden wrote: Paul Rubin wrote: I'm trying to avoid flame wars too, but my take on this is that Kent's reading is a little too restrictive and the GPL isn't really a problem in this situation unless he's actually modifying Karrigell itself, rather than writing applications that run

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Raffaele Salmaso
Pierre Quentel ha scritto: Hello all, I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one would you advice : BSD

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Arthur Clune
Kent Johnson wrote: OK I'll try. First let me say I have no interest in a licensing flame war, there are valid reasons why an author might prefer one license over another and certainly there are good reasons to choose GPL. However the work I do is commercial and proprietary and I

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Fuzzyman
BSD license is good. It requires that your copyright notice be included with any derivative works - but otherwise lets users create and distribute derivatives how they see fit. The version I use is at http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/license.shtml (which links to the version at the OSI). The

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Paul Rubin wrote: Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You've lost me here. The server certainly would contain Karrigell code, it wouldn't function without it. I don't understand the analogy to GCC, the web site is not something that is compiled with Karrigell. Karrigell is a library or

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Sizer
Paul Rubin wrote: Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately, that doesn't really satisfy the GPL's concerns. The work arguably contains or is derived from Karrigell, I don't see that. The web app gets run by Karrigell like a CGI script is run by Apache, like a Linux app is run by

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Scott David Daniels
Richie Hindle wrote: You will hear valid arguments for GPL, LGPL, BSD and other licenses (though the Python license is unsuitable for anything other than Python - see http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq) A good solution would be multiple-licensing. You state that

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Pierre Quentel
In Karrigell the scripts are executed in a namespace prepared by the framework, with HTTP environment, form data, the functions and exceptions for authentication, session management, redirection etc. I suppose that this falls into the first category above, modules (that) are designed to run linked

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Martin Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent == Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kent [Karrigell is GPL'ed] Unfortunately this makes it impossible for Kent me to consider using Karrigell in my work. I recently needed a Kent stand-alone web server for a small in-house project that

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Martin Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ben == Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Unfortunately, that doesn't really satisfy the GPL's concerns. Ben The work arguably contains or is derived from Karrigell, which Ben is explicitly covered in section 2b of the GPL. If you start Ben

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Martin Christensen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent == Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kent [Karrigell is GPL'ed] Unfortunately this makes it impossible for Kent me to consider using Karrigell in my work. I recently needed a Kent stand-alone web server

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Kern
Martin Christensen wrote: Kent == Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kent [Karrigell is GPL'ed] Unfortunately this makes it impossible for Kent me to consider using Karrigell in my work. I recently needed a Kent stand-alone web server for a small in-house project that might Kent

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Alex Martelli
Paul Rubin http://[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A good solution would be multiple-licensing. You state that the code is (for example) triple-licensed under the GPL, LGPL and BSD licenses. The user of your code decides which license to obey. It's no

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Sizer
Martin Christensen wrote: Ben == Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Unfortunately, that doesn't really satisfy the GPL's concerns. Ben The work arguably contains or is derived from Karrigell, which Ben is explicitly covered in section 2b of the GPL. If you start Ben excluding key

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Pierre Quentel wrote: I am Karrigell's author. I have chosen the GPL licence almost at random (I saw that the Python licence was GPL-compatible), so I don't mind switching to another Open Source licence if the GPL is liable to cause problems. Which one would you advice : BSD ? Python licence

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Kern
Alex Martelli wrote: Paul Rubin http://[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A good solution would be multiple-licensing. You state that the code is (for example) triple-licensed under the GPL, LGPL and BSD licenses. The user of your code decides which license to

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Martin Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kent == Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kent In the text you quoted I said, a small in-house project that Kent might possibly be distributed to business partners or become a Kent product some day. Sounds like distribution to me. My bad. I

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-21 Thread Paul Rubin
(Responding to several posts) Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see that. The web app gets run by Karrigell like a CGI script is run by Apache, like a Linux app is run by the Linux kernel. The web app uses parts of Karrigell though - things like the QUERY variable or or Session

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