> not if it only "USES" the DAL, and the client has to install web2py > themselves.
even that is frustrating. Most of my clients want a complete solution and aren't going to like manually installing some package. On Mar 10, 3:33 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > NO. > > Your application only becomes GPL if you INCLUDE(ie: distribute) the > DAL with your program, not if it only "USES" the DAL, and the client > has to install web2py themselves. > > -Thadeus > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Timothy Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also remember that web2py is GPL. So your application becomes GPL (if it > > wasn't already) by importing the DAL. > > > -tim > > > On 3/5/2010 1:34 PM, compassiontara wrote: > > >> On Mar 5, 6:17 am, mdipierro<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> On Mar 5, 1:33 am, compassiontara<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> I'll probably get flamed for talking about this... > > >>> Hope not. You have a very good example. > >>> Just as a side, you do not necessarily need to copy web2py for the > >>> script to work, just add 'gluon' to sys.path. > > >> Thanks! this is correct, you can just add gluon to your sys.path, but > >> web2py doesn't by default install itself in the system path(s). So > >> unless I'm missing something you can't use setuptools to require > >> web2py, and leech from there (it would be nice if you could), but that > >> would require changing how gluon import's itself to reference itself > >> instead of assuming everything is local. > >> i.e. instead of: > >> import poralocker > >> it would be: > >> from gluon import portalocker > > >> This does require that gluon be part of sys.path, which would then > >> encourage a 'setup.py' or similar to copy it over. Then it would be > >> much easier for external code to use gluon as a library module, and > >> avoid mucking about with sys.path all the time. > > >> Unless I'm missing something, which is very possible. > > >> With Love, > >> Tara > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
