[Info-vax] Python and various libraries updated

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Aug 5 19:08:06 EDT 2020


On 8/5/2020 1:40 AM, Jean-François Piéronne wrote:
> Do you see VSI involve in any open-source project ?
> Have you ever seen any VSI contribution to an open-source project ?
> 
> And not, a port without release sources updates is not a contribution,
> it is a license violation...

Not necessarily. It depends on what open source license it is.

Whether it is a copyleft or a permissive license.

As I read the Python license then one can create a
version with closed source parts as long as one
"include in any such work a brief summary of the changes
made to Python".

Smart? No.
Ethical? Questionable.
Legal? Yes.

Arne





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