[Info-vax] Python and various libraries updated

[Jean-François Piéronne]

Le 06/08/2020 à 01:08, Arne Vajhøj a écrit :
> 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.
> 

I don't speak especially for Python, it's a general remark. There are
many libraries/tools with a license which required you to publish the
sources like GPL for examples, SAMBA is one of them as mentioned by Craig.

I suggest you list all the VSI ports and give us how many doesn't
violate the associated license, and how many violate their license...

JF

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