On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 12:12:23PM +1100, enterfornone wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:39:17AM +1100, Ben Leslie wrote:
> There are a lot of python utils distributed under the GPL. The theory
> is that a non-gpl compatable python makes thse illegal to distribute
> (a bit like the old KDE argument).
>
> Personally I think this isn't a problem with interprete languages
> but i don't really know enough about python to tell how
> the utils "link" with the interpreter.
It's not a problem for code written purely in Python. It _is_ a problem for any
modules that wrap other code (wrapping C-libraries for example), which require
code from the Python sources, or code that want an embedded Python compiler.
Needless to say, the BeOpen labs will get things sorted out for Python 2.0,
because it will be very bad if Python turns out not to be GPL compatible.
Cheers,
Malcolm
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